Before I'll be beaten (by the ole Virginia n*****)

[@VictoriaN72]

Amazing recordings....we need to hear and know what was suffered.

[@CatherineSTodd]

Thank you for posting this video and the info about it. I would enjoy being one of your students!

[@buffalonewyorker257]

Wow we were literally rapping on the plantation. Amazing.

[@evangelist-]

Wrong they picked that up from us farmers things like I reckon, fine and dandy, yella, fella, over Yoder they got that from us

[@t.s.t.4085]

@@evangelist- All the same in the end. Music is God. God Loves us all.

[@fortnite_noob2978]

I heard this in my compass in SCHOOL

[@angrypomeranian5184]

Same😶

[@CupidRuben]

That’s wild😭

[@MrZaf12]

Can anyone write down the lyrics? I'm not native to the English language and its difficult for me to understand everything he says.

[@prodbyjaxce]

THISSSSSSS IS FIRRRRREEEE

[@nawhpaw6494]

Can someone please write the lyrics here? I couldn't get the whole words . I really wanna know it

[@samuelharang5742]

“Before I was beaten, before I was beaten by the old Virginia n***** I dip my fingers in this bowl. My old boss told me, he said my little old boy, go pick me a hundred pounds of cotton, don’t let that other n***** beat you, before I was beaten I leave my fingers in this bowl. Before I was beaten, before I was beaten by the old Virginia n***** I leave my fingers in this bowl. Before I was beaten before I was beaten by the old Virginia n***** I leave my fingers in this bowl. My old boy stoodn’ said boy you pickin’ me a hundred pounds of cotton before I was beaten by the old Virginia n***** I leave my fingers in this bowl. Before I was beaten, before I was beaten by the old Virginia n***** I leave my fingers in this bowl.”

[@metyuewb]

When was this recorded?

[@tclphone2392]

1940

[@txmmyscxtt0]

So sad..

[@raincloud4464]

Who is speaking to the singer? Alan Lomax?

[@verboket]

I found this in Library of Congress, Posted it for my students to hear. it says on the card that the people who made this recording were: John Avery Lomax -- 1867-1948 (recordist) Ruby T. Lomax. (Ruby Terrill) (recordist) www.loc.gov/item/afc9999005.11906

[@aaronleslie6263]

This are history you got ya own

[@charliecollier4806]

Don't worry. He couldn't understand your ebonics.

[@arkee71]

@analogrevolutionary stevie ray was american...and he wasnt afraid of this music...eric clapton loves this music...though hes not american...most of white america has embraced the blues...i know i have..watch the stereotypes..."one must fight monsters..not become one"

[@CatherineSTodd]

arkee71: thank you for your accurate and excellent response.

[@sjoerdsmits1992]

echt toffe video! ben een dikke ven! groetjes sjprd

[@andresislas8385]

Some one put the complete lyrics

[@francismusyoka881]

andres h3ro Dd u get the complete lyrics?

[@francismusyoka881]

If u dd...plz forward them to me

[@kiranmcgoldrick4247]

Someone put them in a response further up the comment chain

[@Madisen0]

I heard this on compass learning

[@mecca6362]

on time4learning? if so, so did i

[@I_am_swigga]

same here

[@itsyafox5422]

sws beste docent @henryverboket

[@kurdland1471]

Hey❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@goyatley]

uhuh

[@bruin03]

@frumplen Your right./ The only ones alive are those that benefited from it.

[@bennehbennehbenneh]

@frumplen And that's the bottom line.

[@KuzinAvi]

@stuman06 On the flipside, I'm Australian. Most Australians including myself are descended from Irish convicts brought in chains on prison ships by the British to Australia. Most other nations (mainly Americans) ignorantly believe this was justified, after all, they were prisoners right? And they were European so at least they weren't slaves right? Wrong. Many 'convicts' were sentenced to life & hard labour in the Australian wastelands for crimes such as being Catholic, or stealing bread.

[@Cissonius]

seems about fair, thats what they get for wanting to eat. silly aussies.

[@3006khz]

@KuzinAvi You are showing your own ingnorance, by stereotyping an entire nation. You cannot possibly know how an entire nation believes... Especially one that you do not live in... I agree that some people around this world might be misinformed in their beliefs of what a "convict" was in England at that time. You should have greater knowledge of Austalian history than us Americans, but, us Americans have a greater knowedge of what we believe. Let us tell how we believe.

[@bennehbennehbenneh]

@MrJMANDY Man that's just, that's not true. I'm English, catholic by family, rather that protestant, with a history of Irish partners and friendships, I'm here clicking on this and listening because it's in my soul to hear it. That's such a naive comment. You're confusing the average idiot with the individual. The English attitude towards the Irish is nothing like the white American attitude towards African Americans; what on earth are you talking about?. Either way, get down off the cross.

[@vauxhall908]

@analogrevolutionary Edison's first recordings were of racemusic but ya they want us to forget happy slaves now master

[@tulsacajun6183]

I hate that word.