SongEra: Jim Crow

Track-Laying Holler

Name: Track-Laying Holler
Description: Traditional African-American railroad section-gang work chant (track-lining, rail-unloading, and tie-tamping calls), documented in its earliest specific…

c. 1939(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist: Traditional
Genre: field holler

Traditional African-American railroad section-gang work chant (track-lining, rail-unloading, and tie-tamping calls), documented in its earliest specific instance on May 16, 1939.

Sources & citations

1.loc.govwebsite
2.bluegrassmessengers.comwebsite
3.easttexashistory.orgwebsite