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<i>Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down</i>

The only recording of an Arkansas farm worker named Bozie Sturdivant is a favorite with Library of Congress staffers. It's also an early example of the influence the outside world has had on what we tend to think of as "pure roots cultures." We'll hear a commentary by folkorist Stephen Wade.

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