Bahama songs and stories : a contribution to folk-lore / by Charles L. Edwards.

  • Edwards, Charles Lincoln, 1863-1937.
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Bahama songs and stories : a contribution to folk-lore / by Charles L. Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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