The folk process meets high culture--It doesn't get much better than this one! Here's the link to the UCSB page:
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000156560/9578-Boll_weevil_blues
It was released both as a cylinder and a 78 record in 1924. The sound is better and it can be downloaded as a WAV file. (Don't everybody do it at once now! We don't want to overload their website!)
ICYMI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Dalhart
https://countrymusichalloffame.org/artist/vernon-dalhart/
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000156560/9578-Boll_weevil_blues
It was released both as a cylinder and a 78 record in 1924. The sound is better and it can be downloaded as a WAV file. (Don't everybody do it at once now! We don't want to overload their website!)
ICYMI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Dalhart
https://countrymusichalloffame.org/artist/vernon-dalhart/