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The Buzzard Lope is a popular southern States dance dating from the 1890s, included in Minstrel Show repertoire, alongside the cakewalk and juba dance. Ostensibly, it is a representation of "a turkey buzzard getting ready to eat a dead Mule (some report a Cow)", performed with a comic sensibility known as hokum.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesBuzzard Lope · Bessie Jones · Georgia Sea Island Singers · Alan LomaxJoin the Band℗ 2012 Odyssey Productions, I...
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The Buzzard Lope is a dance with its roots in West Africa, probably Ghana, that came via the slave trade to the southern USA and was still being performed on the Georgia Sea Islands at least as...
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3. Feb. 2012 · Subscribed. 581. 72K views 12 years ago. The Buzzard Lope sung by Bessie Jones and backup singers a capella. ...more.
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Buzzard Lope. London. Alternative trio ploughing the raucous and melancholic furrows of Tom Waits and Elliott Smith.
The Buzzard Lope. The Buzzard Lope was similar to the more modern Eagle Rock Dance and was very popular in the South and most likely related to the W. African Buzzard dance. Sunbury Georgia was the first discovery of this dance but may not have originated there. The Buzzard Lope used outstretched arms like a bird and consisted of a shuffle step ...
Buzzard Lope | Lomax Digital Archive. Title: Buzzard Lope. Date recorded: June 26, 1961. Contributor (s): Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan. Subject (s): Genre: animal imitation, slavery song. Culture: African American, Southern U.S. Instruments: voice. Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street. Language: English.
