Wake up dead man ; Afro-American worksongs from Texas prisons / Collected and edited by Bruce Jackson.
| Author/creator | Jackson, Bruce |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1972. |
| Description | xxii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Alberta -- As I set down to play tin-can -- Been on the chain gang -- Believe I'll call the rider -- 'Berta -- Black Betty -- Black gal -- Butt cut ruler -- Captain don't feel sorry for a longtime man -- Chain gang blues -- Choppin' Charlie -- Choppin' in the new ground -- Cold penitentiary blues -- Cotton field song -- Crooked-foot John -- Crossing the river -- Delia -- Don't you hear my hammer ring -- Down the line -- Drinkin' of the wine -- Drinkin' that wine -- Drop 'em down -- Drop 'em down together -- Early in the morning -- Easy rider -- Ever since I been a man full grown -- Fallin' down -- Fall tree -- Forty-four hammers -- Godamighty -- Godamighty drag -- Go down old Hannah -- Goodbye, my lover, goodbye -- Great Goda'mighty -- Grey goose -- Grizzly bear -- Haming on a live oak log -- Hammer ring -- The hammer song -- I can buckle a wheeler -- If you see my mother -- I got a record -- I got the crane wing -- I heard the reports of a pistol -- I'm going to Leland -- I'm in the bottom -- I'm so glad my time have come -- I need another witness -- I shall not be moved -- I was down in the bottom -- I worked old moll -- Jesus done bless my soul - Jody -- Jody calls -- Jody's got my wife and gone -- Jody's got your girl and gone -- Jody's song -- Joe the grinder -- John Henry -- Johnny won't you ramble? -- Jolly -- Julie -- Jumpin' Judy -- Let the hammer ring -- Levee camp Holler -- Levee camp moan -- Long gone -- Long hot summer days -- The Lord's prayer -- Lost John -- Mack's blues -- The major special -- Make a longtime man feel bad -- Midnight special -- Move along 'gator -- The murder's home -- My Lord says there's room enough in heaven for us all -- Nashville blues -- No more cane on the brazos -- No more good time in the world for me -- No payday here -- Old Alabama -- Old Aunt Dinah -- Old dollar Mamie -- Old Riley -- One mo' rounder gone -- On my way to Mexico -- Pick a bale a cotton -- Please have mercy on a longtime man -- Plumb the line -- Poor boy -- Poor boy number two -- Preachin' in the wilderness -- Pull-do -- Raise 'em up higher -- Ration blues -- Rattler -- Ride on conquering king -- Roberta -- Shake it, mister gator -- Shorty George -- Should a been on the river in 1910 -- Skewball -- So soon this evening -- Sound off -- Spike driver blues -- Stagolee -- Stewball -- Sugarland Mary -- Sure make a man feel bad -- Take this hammer -- Tampa -- Tamp 'em up solid -- Ten Broek and Mollie -- Texarkana Mary -- Third degree -- This old hammer killed John Henry -- This old tree -- Three Moore brothers -- Timber getting' limber -- Too much time for the crime I done -- Twenty-one hammers -- Twenty-two twenty -- Walk straight -- Woman trouble -- Wonder what's the matter -- Yellow gal -- Yon' come Roberta -- You got to hurry. |
| General note | For voice, in part with chorus; unacc. |
| LCCN | 70169857 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | M1977.C55 J2 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |