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Captain, Captain!

Mance Lipscomb
Captain, Captain!

Beau De Glen Lipscomb (1895–1976) changed his name to Mance (short for “emancipation”) to honor a friend of his older brother’s. A self-described “songster” and a tenant farmer, Lipscomb was discovered by Arhoolie Records owner and producer Chris Strachwitz in 1960. This collection includes 11 previously unreleased songs recorded at that initial 1960 session as well as a dozen songs from a 1966 session. Among them is “Tom Moore’s Farm,” a song that Lipscomb co-wrote about working on a cotton plantation in Texas. Lightnin’ Hopkins had previously recorded the song as “Tim Moore’s Farm” to avoid the possibility of retribution by Tom Moore. Strachwitz did not release the song until years after the deaths of both Moore and Lipscomb. The last track is a spoken reminiscence of living and working in a segregated society in Texas.

Track Listing

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Mance Lipscomb
03:09
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Mance Lipscomb
02:20
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Mance Lipscomb
04:00
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104
Mance Lipscomb
02:07
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105
Mance Lipscomb
02:34
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106
Mance Lipscomb
02:43
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107
Mance Lipscomb
01:27
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108
Mance Lipscomb
04:01
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109
Mance Lipscomb
03:10
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110
Mance Lipscomb
01:50
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111
Mance Lipscomb
03:04
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112
Mance Lipscomb
03:49
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113
Mance Lipscomb
02:41
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114
Mance Lipscomb
03:37
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115
Mance Lipscomb
02:14
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116
Mance Lipscomb
03:30
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117
Mance Lipscomb
03:12
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118
Mance Lipscomb
01:42
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119
Mance Lipscomb
02:07
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120
Mance Lipscomb
03:09
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121
Mance Lipscomb
03:09
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122
Mance Lipscomb
02:40
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123
Mance Lipscomb
02:05
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Mance Lipscomb
03:49