Prison Song _ Old Alabama - 5:2:20, 3:00 PM

May 2, 2020 · 3m 36s
Prison Song _ Old Alabama - 5:2:20, 3:00 PM
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Song Title: Old Alabama Usage: Public Domain https://archive.org/details/negroprisonsongs/OldAlabama.wav Good evening. Today's topic is prison blues. Work songs that the chain gang sang. A chain gang is a group of prisoners...

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Song Title: Old Alabama
Usage: Public Domain
https://archive.org/details/negroprisonsongs/OldAlabama.wav

Good evening. Today's topic is prison blues. Work songs that the chain gang sang.

A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. Such punishment might include repairing buildings, building roads, or clearing land.

The song I'm about to play is a negro prison song from The Mississippi State Penitentiary called "Old Alabama". This is a historical recording from Parchman Farm 1947 Recorded by Dr. Harry Oster
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Author Gail Nobles
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