Work Song
Creator:
Alan Lomax, Inmates of the Mississippi Penitentiary System
Description:
A song sung by African-American inmates on chaingang as they cut wood.
Publisher:
Legacy
Contributor:
Tian Chen
Rights:
Legacy Records, All Rights Reserved
Format:
WAV
Language:
English
Type:
audio
Source:
Excerpt from "No More, My Lawd" from Alan Lomax's album, Negro Prison Blues and Songs (1994).
Date:
Released July 19th, 1994Recorded 1933
Location:
Mississippi
Subject:
Alan Lomax, Prisons, Spirituals, African-American Spirituals
Transcription:
"I found in him a resting place, and he have made me glad."
Original Format:
CD
Duration:
00:00:25
Bit Rate/Frequency:
1411 kbps