“JIMMY CRACK CORN AND I DON’T CARE, MY MASTER’S GONE AWAY.” The song entitled ” Jimmy Crack Corn” was written in 1844 or 1846. Its believed to have genuine African American origins meaning it possibly was created and sung by enslaved Blacks as a work song. It was published by the Virginia Minstrels for their blackface minstrel show. Most of the theories are It’s a story told from a slave’s point of view about how his master died from the sting of one blue-tail fly and the rejoicing over that death. “Cracking corn” is believed to be opening a bottle of corn liquor.
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randommeluhdees reblogged this from deejaybird and added:
hearing/singing this song b/c all we ever said was Jimmy crack...and I don’t care…
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