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I got this as a download, so I don't know much about the time or place of this recording. I know it's on a Smithsonian Folkways album.
It shares some lyrical content with Vera Hall's Awful Death (or Death have Mercy), which is particularly interesting to me.

If you have any info about this recording (especially the year) please share it with me.

Photo is of Dock Boggs, yes he is playing a banjo, and you know what? Banjos are awesome, no matter what anyone else says.