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

Song Title: Old AlabamaUsage: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/negroprisonsongs/OldAlabama.wavGood 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 OsterBlues Music