SongEra: Jim Crow

It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad

Name: It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad
Description: A traditional African-American prison hoeing work song ("long-time man" = a prisoner serving a long sentence), first documented in Alan Lomax's 1947…

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

Artist: Traditional
Genre: prison work song

A traditional African-American prison hoeing work song ("long-time man" = a prisoner serving a long sentence), first documented in Alan Lomax's 1947 Parchman Farm field recording.

Sources & citations

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