SongEra: Jim Crow

Prettiest Train

Name: Prettiest Train
Description: A traditional African-American prison work song built on the train imagery pervasive in hollers and work songs, first documented in Alan Lomax's 1947…

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

Artist: Traditional
Genre: prison work song

A traditional African-American prison work song built on the train imagery pervasive in hollers and work songs, first documented in Alan Lomax's 1947 Parchman Farm field recording.

Sources & citations

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