SongEra: Jim Crow

Pick a Bale of Cotton

Name: Pick a Bale of Cotton
Description: African American cotton-field work song, first recorded in 1933 from Texas prison inmates; rooted in the post-emancipation cotton economy.

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

Artist: Traditional
Genre: work song

African American cotton-field work song, first recorded in 1933 from Texas prison inmates; rooted in the post-emancipation cotton economy.

Sources & citations

1.en.wikipedia.orgwikipedia
2.pancocojams.blogspot.comwebsite