Songs My Mother Taught Me
The 20th child of a Mississippi sharecropper family and a commanding voice of the Civil Rights Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) stood tall against the brutality, indignities, and intimidation of implacable racism. She harnessed her mother’s gifts of song and plain-spoken wisdom to steel her fellow seekers of social justice, the cause to which she gave her life. Songs My Mother Taught Me, a re-release of limited-edition 1963 field recordings, breathes new life into Fannie Lou Hamer’s inspiring legacy and her uncompromising call for a righteous world. 47 minutes, 32-page booklet with photos.
This recording is the eighth release in the Smithsonian Folkways African American Legacy Series, co-presented with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. This album was originally released as a limited-edition cassette tape at the Smithsonian Institution’s Voices of the Civil Rights Movement symposium in 1983. It was compiled by folklorist, activist, and GRAMMY-winner Worth Long and produced by renowned singer, song leader, and civil rights activist Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon.
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Track Listing
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101
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Precious Lord | Fannie Lou Hamer | 6:22 | |
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102
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On Being a Sharecropper | Fannie Lou Hamer | 5:13 | |
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103
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Run Mourner, Run | Fannie Lou Hamer | 1:23 | |
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104
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City Called Heaven | Fannie Lou Hamer | 3:31 | |
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105
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All the Pretty Little Horses | Fannie Lou Hamer | 1:34 | |
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106
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I’m Gonna Land on the Shore | Fannie Lou Hamer | 2:29 | |
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107
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Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel | Fannie Lou Hamer | 4:04 | |
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108
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I’m Going Down to the River of Jordan | Fannie Lou Hamer | 2:42 | |
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109
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Jesus Is My Only Friend | Fannie Lou Hamer | 3:03 | |
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110
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Pick a Bale of Cotton | Fannie Lou Hamer | 0:44 | |
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111
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Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning | Fannie Lou Hamer | 1:09 | |
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112
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Walk With Me | Fannie Lou Hamer | 1:41 | |
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113
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This Little Light of Mine | Fannie Lou Hamer | 3:08 | |
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114
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Mass Meeting Speech | Fannie Lou Hamer | 5:08 | |
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115
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Certainly Lord | Fannie Lou Hamer | 1:39 | |
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116
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Woke Up This Morning | Fannie Lou Hamer | 2:36 | |
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117
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Amazing Grace | Fannie Lou Hamer | 1:27 |
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