Ethel Waters in Chester County - early 20th Century

from His Eye Is On the Sparrow, page 60:

Ching was so drunk she couldn't leave the house. But when they brought the coffin out into the dusty, littered alley Ching was sitting at her window, watching it all. And she was singing in her sweet, low voice "Flee as a Bird," a song she and Mom had always loved.
cite as

Charles Samuels and Ethel Waters, His Eye Is On the Sparrow (1950), p. 60. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1427544616255 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Chester County

Listeners

Ethel Waters
dancer, Singing
1896-1977

Listening to

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Flee as a Bird performed by Ching

Experience Information

Date/Time early 20th Century
Medium live
Listening Environment indoors, solitary

Originally submitted by Gill on Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:10:16 +0000