SongEra: Slavery
Buzzard Lope
c. 1942(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)
- Artist
- Traditional
- Genre
- ring shout
Georgia Sea Islands dance-song — the "Buzzard Lope" dance carried by the song "Throw Me Anywhere, Lord" / "In That Old Field"; the song text was first published by Lydia Parrish in 1942, and the dance is documented from the 1880s.
Sources & citations
- 1.archive.orgwebsite
- 2.archive.culturalequity.orgwebsite
- 3.pancocojams.blogspot.comwebsite
- 4.streetswing.comwebsite