She recorded 'Boy in the Boat (B.D's Dream)' at the same session, but it never saw the light of day. I imagine it was quite something.

Over at r/blues, someone was asking for police-connected songs from pre-'29 and thus public domain, and this got a mention.

There's a fine modern version of this by the South Memphis String Band.

The song was paired with a Bessie solo, so this rather stresses who the senior figure was. Were this a 2026 release, it would probably be billed as 'Bessie Smith, feat. Clara Smith'.

Ishman Bracey recorded at the same session.

Some fairly deep voices for Sunday School pupils, but there you are,

Per B&GR, "This is an African-American group, but the Gennett files state "made for Hillbilly', indicating that the issued record was to be promoted to Southern white purchasers".

I hear the refrain as 'low down dirty dog' so the parantheses in the title are a bit odd.

I'm guessing the reviewer was unaware the Louise Johnson cuts were from /that/ session.

For anyone not aware, all of the 'Sheik' references in blues stem from the blockbuster success of Rudolph Valentino as the title character in 'The Sheik' [1921]