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Songs My Mother Taught Me

Fannie Lou Hamer
Songs My Mother Taught Me
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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.

Track Listing

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Precious Lord Fannie Lou Hamer 6:22
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102
On Being a Sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer 5:13
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103
Run Mourner, Run Fannie Lou Hamer 1:23
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104
City Called Heaven Fannie Lou Hamer 3:31
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105
All the Pretty Little Horses Fannie Lou Hamer 1:34
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106
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore Fannie Lou Hamer 2:29
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107
Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel Fannie Lou Hamer 4:04
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108
I’m Going Down to the River of Jordan Fannie Lou Hamer 2:42
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109
Jesus Is My Only Friend Fannie Lou Hamer 3:03
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Pick a Bale of Cotton Fannie Lou Hamer 0:44
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111
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning Fannie Lou Hamer 1:09
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112
Walk With Me Fannie Lou Hamer 1:41
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113
This Little Light of Mine Fannie Lou Hamer 3:08
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114
Mass Meeting Speech Fannie Lou Hamer 5:08
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115
Certainly Lord Fannie Lou Hamer 1:39
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116
Woke Up This Morning Fannie Lou Hamer 2:36
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Amazing Grace Fannie Lou Hamer 1:27

Album Info

Catalog Number

SFW40216

Year(s) Released

2015

Recording Date(s)

1963

Label/Collection

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Series

African American Legacy Series

Genre(s)

African American Music; African American Spoken; Gospel; Historical Song; Struggle & Protest

Country(s)

United States

Instrument(s)

Gospel Choir; Piano; Talking; Vocals

Credit(s)

Mark Puryear - Producer, Liner Notes
 Worth Long - Recorder
 Vivian Tseng - Recorder
 Julius Lester - Recorder
 Moses Moon - Recorder
 Pete Reiniger - Mastering Engineer
 Louis H. Draper - Photographer (Cover), Photographer
 Herbert Randall - Photographer
 Carla Borden - Liner Notes Editor
 Sonya Cohen Cramer - Designer
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