SongEra: Jim Crow

Long John

Name: Long John
Description: African American prison axe-cutting work song, first documented in a 1934 Lomax recording at Darrington State Prison Farm, Texas.

c. 1934(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist: Traditional
Genre: prison work song

African American prison axe-cutting work song, first documented in a 1934 Lomax recording at Darrington State Prison Farm, Texas.

Sources & citations

1.historymatters.gmu.eduwebsite
2.songfacts.comwebsite
3.easttexashistory.orgwebsite