SongEra: Jim Crow

Go Down Old Hannah

Name: Go Down Old Hannah
Description: A traditional African-American Texas prison work song addressed to "Old Hannah" (the sun), pleading for the workday to end; first documented in John A…

c. 1933(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist: Traditional
Genre: prison work song

A traditional African-American Texas prison work song addressed to "Old Hannah" (the sun), pleading for the workday to end; first documented in John A. Lomax's December 1933 field recordings at a Texas state prison farm.

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