SongEra: Jim Crow

Take This Hammer

Name: Take This Hammer
Description: African American hammer/axe-cutting work song carrying the John Henry motif; earliest documented in a 1915 manuscript collection.

c. 1915(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist: Traditional
Genre: work song

African American hammer/axe-cutting work song carrying the John Henry motif; earliest documented in a 1915 manuscript collection.

Sources & citations

1.en.wikipedia.orgwikipedia
2.mainlynorfolk.infowebsite
3.smithsonianfolkways.tumblr.comwebsite