Vachel Lindsay Reads 'The Congo' and Other Poems

This historic recording was made just months before the author's premature death in 1931. The father of modern singing poetry is captured here performing 'The Congo, 'The Chinese Nightingale', 'General William Booth Enters into Heaven', 'The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky', 'The Flowers Fed Buffaloes', and 'The Mysterious Cat'.