Pretty Polly

Identifier:

Chappell_57_Nelson_A2_PrettyPolly

Title:

Pretty Polly

Date:

1940

Creator:

Nelson, Rhoda Browning, 1885-1966

Publisher:

West Virginia & Regional History Center

Description:

Unaccompanied vocal music performed by Rhoda Browning Nelson. Disk 430. Verse-refrain, 6(3). Laws P36B. Born Rhoda Browning on April 4th, 1885 at Harts Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia. Died in 1966, in Mingo County, West Virginia. Collected by Chappell and listed in the Cuthbert guide under the name Mrs. George Nelson.More information about Rhoda Nelson can be found by visiting the blog Folk Music of the Southern West Virginia Coalfields. Link is on the collection main page.

Key Topics:

Love and Lovers, Murder

Performance Media:

Voice (sung)

Rights:

Copyright Not Evaluated

Location:

Kirk (W. Va.), Mingo County (W. Va.)

Format:

audio/mp3

Language:

English

Source:

Louis Watson Chappell Collection

Extent:

00:01:33