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. 1.archive.orgwebsite
  2. 2.archive.culturalequity.orgwebsite
  3. 3.pancocojams.blogspot.comwebsite
  4. 4.streetswing.comwebsite
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