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James "Iron Head" Baker

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African-American singer, who was recorded by the Library of Congress while an inmate at the Central State Farm, Sugarland, Texas, in 1933-1934, and again in other locations 1936 and 1939.
"This artist's real name may have been Ruben Avery Burrage." (Blues and gospel records 1890-1943 (1997), p. 33)

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Black Betty

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St. James Hospital

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The Grey Goose

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Go Down Old Hannah

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Shorty George

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