SongEra: Jim Crow

Berta, Berta

Name: Berta, Berta
Description: African American sledgehammer/axe prison work song, first documented as "O 'Berta" in Alan Lomax's late-1947 Parchman Farm recording.

c. 1947(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist: Traditional
Genre: prison work song

African American sledgehammer/axe prison work song, first documented as "O 'Berta" in Alan Lomax's late-1947 Parchman Farm recording.

Sources & citations

1.archive.culturalequity.orgwebsite
2.egrove.olemiss.eduwebsite
3.archive.culturalequity.orgwebsite