damn, this music is awesome, esp. if you know that they were singing to keep the rhythm (i.e. work more efficiently) & to survive under incredibly hard conditions: hard work every day, no good food, not much sleep, the prison guards & dogs watching them all day, no women for many years. it must have been hell.
truly awesome that something so beautiful comes out of this.
@harpiyon I totally agree - this is amazing stuff. The roots of the blues. The conditions this comes out of almost makes other music seem offensively trite.
Damn it's sad
budnotbuddy225 2 days ago
Didnt Harry Belafonte cover this song as well?...i cant find it anywhere on youtube..whats the title?
KeithWasHere1 4 days ago
this song is the turth!
kianakeino 3 months ago
I've heard this done as "bald headed-woman" instead of "jet black woman" - does anyone know the meaning of this?
el6caballo6oscuro6 4 months ago
@el6caballo6oscuro6 black women's hair doesn't grow as fast and some african women cut their hair bald as a cultural thing I guess
staystrongloveee 2 months ago
damn, this music is awesome, esp. if you know that they were singing to keep the rhythm (i.e. work more efficiently) & to survive under incredibly hard conditions: hard work every day, no good food, not much sleep, the prison guards & dogs watching them all day, no women for many years. it must have been hell.
truly awesome that something so beautiful comes out of this.
harpiyon 6 months ago 4
@harpiyon I totally agree - this is amazing stuff. The roots of the blues. The conditions this comes out of almost makes other music seem offensively trite.
TinaRocks19 6 months ago 5
i miss those days
TheGelu 1 year ago 2
@TheGelu funny.
sambobla 1 year ago 5
@TheGelu
lol'd
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