See line woman.

"On May 13, 1939, Herbert Halpert made a series of field recordings in Byhalia, MS, including several with the family of Walter and Mary Shipp." There were 14 children, all of whom wanted to help Mr. Halpert record. The eldest daughters, Katherine and Christine, were the anomalies of the family however because they had exceptional voices and were able to carry certain eerie tones that would turns simple lyrics into haunting landscapes. Mr. Halpert was blown away and recorded the two of them alone without other family members by having them sing a few feet from his mic with various rhythms and lyrical sets. One fragment of his project, "sea lion woman," was taken by Nina Simone who looped the hook, remastered and re-named it. Field recordings were the first inkling of sampling. Root. The fragment took various shapes over the years becoming a template for folk singers, blues guitarists, London DJ's and jazz hipsters wanting something of substance: Sea Lion Woman, See Lyin' Woman, C-Line Woman, See-Lye Woman, See Line Woman, She lyin' Woman. This is how street narratives come about. Family history, day one, hour one. "Trust the narratives."...Application: Boy and girl sit in garages and attics and write lyrics. They play some shows. They seduce one another with a mic a few feet away from one another. He writes a song. Girl claims it hers. Boy leaves and feels nothing but spite. That song, in turn, is stolen from her. He writes three more, she writes fifteen. Each song takes from one another. There's one song on a few crumpled up papers: "wiggle wiggle, turn like a cat, wink at a man and he winks back, now child see-line woman."...that song goes unseen though you'll hear it in verse. It vanished the minute the two girls, Katherine and Christine, let a stranger hear them and bottle up their voices.