SongEra: Jim Crow

Early in the Mornin'

Name: Early in the Mornin'
Description: A traditional African-American axe / wood-chopping prison work song, first documented in Alan Lomax's 1947–48 Parchman Farm field recordings.

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

Artist: Traditional
Genre: prison work song

A traditional African-American axe / wood-chopping prison work song, first documented in Alan Lomax's 1947–48 Parchman Farm field recordings.

Sources & citations

1.archive.culturalequity.orgwebsite
2.egrove.olemiss.eduwebsite
3.allmusic.comwebsite
4.pancocojams.blogspot.comwebsite