SongEra: Jim Crow

Jumpin' Judy

Name: Jumpin' Judy
Description: A traditional African-American prison work song ("Judy" or "Julie" is a recurrent name across the convict-song repertoire), first documented in John A…

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

Artist: Traditional
Genre: prison work song

A traditional African-American prison work song ("Judy" or "Julie" is a recurrent name across the convict-song repertoire), first documented in John A. Lomax's 1933 Southern prison field recordings.

Sources & citations

1.culturalequity.orgwebsite
2.pancocojams.blogspot.comwebsite
3.egrove.olemiss.eduwebsite
4.loc.govwebsite