SongEra: Jim Crow

No More, My Lord

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

Artist
Traditional
Genre
prison work song

African American axe-cutting prison work song with a spiritual-tinged refrain, first documented in Alan Lomax's 1947-1948 Parchman Farm recordings.

Sources & citations

  1. 1.archive.culturalequity.orgwebsite
  2. 2.discogs.comwebsite
  3. 3.library.efdss.orgwebsite
No More, My Lord · We've Been Protesting