Title: Deep River of Song - Big Brazos Texas Prison Recordings, 1933 and 1934 The Alan Lomax Collection - USA Prisons were the last home for the work song tradition that African slaves had used to keep themselves alive in the brutal plantation economy of the American South. The Texas prisoners recorded here used work songs in the same way and for the same reasons. Titles   1. Ain't no more cane on the brazos 2. Black Betty 3. Old Rattler 4. Stewball 5. Long John 6. Go way eadie 7. Black Gal 8. Gonna Be a witness for my lord 9. Hammer ring 10. I wonder what's the matter 11. Great God a mighty 12. Go Down old Hannah 13. Johnny won cha ramble 14. Go on old gator 15. Old rattler 16. God a mithy drag 17. Mama mama 18. Drop old Diamond 19. Waco Ida 20. Hammer ring