Afro-American Folklore from Texas State Prisons

VARIOUS ARTISTS

14 SONGS • 42 MINUTES • DEC 10 2019

2

Don't Look so Downhearted, Buddy (Toast)

Wynne - Marshall Phillips

01:26

3

Move Along 'Gator (Work Song)

Joseph "Chinaman" Johnson feat. Arthur "Lightning" Sherrod, Jesse Lee Warren, L. Z. Lee, Mack Maze & W. D. "Alec" Alexander

03:32

4

Three Moore Brothers (Cante-Fable)

Joseph "Chinaman" Johnson

05:06

5

Assassination of the President (Topical Gospel)

Johnnie H. Robinson & Eddie Ray Zachery feat. Clem A. Martin, Douglas Cannon, James Johnson, Johnnie Adams & Leroy Martindell

02:40

6

Don't Be Uneasy (Spiritual)

G.I. Jazz" Hendricks & Matt Williams feat. Albert Spencer, C. B. "Snuffy" Kimble, D. J. Miller, David Walker , James A. Champion, James Hampton, Lee Curtis Tyler, Venesty Weles & Louis Houston

01:53

7

Rattler (Work Song)

Johnny Jackson feat. Houston Page, James W. Hobbs & William Evans

05:18

8

Hammer Ring (Work Song)

Louis "Bacon & Porkchop" Houston

01:27

9

T.B. Bees (Toast)

01:04

10

If You See My Mother

Joseph "Chinaman" Johnson feat. Arthur "Lightning" Sherrod, Jesse Lee Warren, L. Z. Lee, Mack Maze & W. D. "Alec" Alexander

01:36

11

Just Like a Tree Planted by the W (Work Song)

Elmer Bernstein

03:53

12

See How They Done My Lord (Spiritual)

Houston Page feat. James W. Hobbs, Johnny Jackson & William Evans

02:16

13

Daniel in the Lion's Den (Preaching Parody)

W.D. "Alec" Alexander

04:21

14

Forty Four Hammers (Work Song)

Virgil Asbury feat. Lemon Jefferson, Floyd James, Henry Landers, John Bell, John Gibson & Morgan White

04:38

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