SongEra: Jim Crow

Jesus On the Mainline

Name: Jesus On the Mainline
Description: Traditional African-American gospel song built on a telephone metaphor ("Jesus on the main line, tell Him what you want"), first documented in 1937…

c. 1937(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist: Traditional
Genre: gospel

Traditional African-American gospel song built on a telephone metaphor ("Jesus on the main line, tell Him what you want"), first documented in 1937 Library of Congress field recordings; its widely repeated 1922/Rev. Edward Clayborn attribution is unverified.

Sources & citations

1.secondhandsongs.comwebsite
2.hymnary.orgwebsite
3.egrove.olemiss.eduwebsite