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Slave Songs of the United States was a collection of African American music consisting of 136 songs. Published in 1867, it was the first, and most influential, [1] [2] collection of spirituals to be published. The collectors of the songs were Northern abolitionists William Francis Allen, Lucy McKim Garrison, and Charles Pickard Ware. [3]
The basic narrative remains intact. On the surface, the song is a black slave's lament over his white master's death in a horse-riding accident. The song, however, is also interpreted as having a subtext of celebration about that death and of the slave having contributed to it through deliberate negligence or even deniable action. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The tune known as "Roll, Jordan, Roll" may have its origins in the hymn "There is a Land of Pure Delight" written by Isaac Watts [1] in the 18th century. It was introduced to the United States by the early 19th century, in states such as Kentucky and Virginia, as part of the Second Great Awakening, and often sung at camp meetings.
Black America has a long and winding history of using songs for defiance and consolation. Testimonies from slave ship sailors recall how kidnapped Africans during the Atlantic slave trade sang to ...
Pay Me My Money Down" (Roud 21449, also known as "Pay Me" or "Pay Me, You Owe Me") is a work song originated among the Black stevedores working in the Georgia Sea Islands. [1] It was collected by Lydia Parrish and published in her 1942 book, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands: [2] [3] Pay me, Oh pay me, Pay me my money down. Pay me or go to ...
The song was released on the extended play Negro Spirituals Vol. 1 (HMV 7EGN 27), and the song was arranged by Harry Douglas. American contralto Marian Anderson had her first successful recording with a version of the song on the Victor label in 1925. [7] Singer Lena Horne recorded a version of the song in 1946. [8]
Responding to the rise of slave patrols in the slave-owning southern United States, the song is about an unnamed black man who attempts to run from a slave patrol and avoid capture. The song was released as a commercial recording several times, beginning in the 1920s, and it was included in the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave.
The song was included on the soundtrack of the video game Need for Speed: Underground 2. [56] The music video features the band performing the song on a moving flatbed truck while a black 1936 Dodge roadster circles around them. [57] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2004, the song was nominated for Highest Selling Single and Best Video. [58]