SongEra: Jim Crow

My Yellow Gal

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

Artist
Traditional
Genre
prison work song

A traditional African-American Texas prison work song from James "Iron Head" Baker's repertoire (the "yellow gal" — a light-skinned woman — is a common 19th-century song theme), first documented in John A. Lomax's December 1933 field recordings.

Sources & citations

  1. 1.culturalequity.orgwebsite
  2. 2.en.wikipedia.orgwikipedia
  3. 3.wvupressonline.comwebsite
  4. 4.easttexashistory.orgwebsite
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