SongEra: Jim Crow

Wake Up, Sleepy

Name: Wake Up, Sleepy
Description: Traditional African-American roustabout / steamboat-loading holler, documented in its earliest recording on May 16, 1939.

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

Artist: Traditional
Genre: field holler

Traditional African-American roustabout / steamboat-loading holler, documented in its earliest recording on May 16, 1939.

Sources & citations

1.loc.govwebsite
2.easttexashistory.orgwebsite