SongEra: Jim Crow

Trampin'

c. 1931(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist
Traditional
Genre
spiritual

Traditional spiritual ("I'm Trampin', Tryin' to Make Heaven My Home") best known through Edward Boatner's concert arrangement, first documented in 1931; performed on Harold Courlander's 1950 Alabama field recordings.

Sources & citations

  1. 1.folkways-media.si.eduwebsite
  2. 2.afrovoices.comwebsite
  3. 3.pancocojams.blogspot.comwebsite
  4. 4.archive.orgwebsite
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