Wow! I was born and raised in Harlem, NY- and we used to sing some of these songs as kids. Unaware of the history behind them! THIS is AWESOME. Thank You!
My mom taught us the song Sally. "Put your hands on yo hips, let yo backbone slip, shake it to East, shake it to the West, shake it to the one that you love the best." She learned it as a kid.
I'm greatly appreciative of the fact that this was shared :) Even though I'm not of the culture, it awakens something inside me and gets me feeling like my ancestors recognize it and have something similar to it :) Thank you so much :)
The pounding stick (hambone) makes the same sound as the African drum. The drum was outlawed to keep enslaved people from communicating with each other and possibly revolting. The drum is called the conga in the Latin Carribbean. Another substitute conga is the tambourine. The cadence of church clapping often sounds like the way a conga would be beaten.
Like many of the slaves brought to the Gullah Geechee belt, this dance is distinctively from Futa Tooro- Maritanian Fulbe, who still do the same dance today. It has not changed.
Well look at that, I learned the Sally Saucer song in the 70's all the way up here in Alberta, Canada when I was a kid. Some words a bit different like wipe your sleepy eyes, not weepy, and look to the east, not shake. But amazing!
Same here but in California. Most of us here though , bc of The Great Migration have roots in deep south. My grandparents and mom and her siblings speech Geechee but are from Arakansas and Mississipi.
Christian Thompson that’s cool. Is that still called geechee tho because I know the geechee/Gullah accent are pretty similar to deep country accents in the south and Deep South but I never heard those accents being called geechee or Gullah because it wasn’t from the Gullah SC islands or geechee lands in Georgia
To my Gullah/Geechees… The name Gullah is in the Strong’s Concordance Bible dictionary as a Hebrew name. Look in the Hebrew Language section on page 1353 and you can see for yourselves. Yah’ll (we) are Hebrews. Our names were not mis-pronounced as Angola or Golas although some of our ancestors were from there. The Spanish and English called us Gullah or GuYah (In spanish the LL makes a Y sound) because they knew who we were. Geechees are the Yamasee or Yahmassee (Yah) (Yahweh) who were also Hebrews and were called (Maroons, Guale, Yamacraw, Creek Aborigines) by the Spanish. Cum-by-Yah, Ah-ha-Yah, We-Ben-Yah (We Son of Yah), Hallelu-Yah.
Wow! I was born and raised in Harlem, NY- and we used to sing some of these songs as kids. Unaware of the history behind them! THIS is AWESOME. Thank You!
My mom taught us the song Sally. "Put your hands on yo hips, let yo backbone slip, shake it to East, shake it to the West, shake it to the one that you love the best." She learned it as a kid.
If we forget our history, we are destined to repeat it. We must never forget
We need more of this, sooooo much to be proud of....
I'm greatly appreciative of the fact that this was shared :) Even though I'm not of the culture, it awakens something inside me and gets me feeling like my ancestors recognize it and have something similar to it :) Thank you so much :)
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I appreciate your comments.
The pounding stick (hambone) makes the same sound as the African drum. The drum was outlawed to keep enslaved people from communicating with each other and possibly revolting. The drum is called the conga in the Latin
Carribbean. Another substitute conga is the tambourine. The cadence of church clapping often sounds like the way a conga would be beaten.
Thanks for your very informative response. It's always good to learn and share about our history.
Like many of the slaves brought to the Gullah Geechee belt, this dance is distinctively from Futa Tooro- Maritanian Fulbe, who still do the same dance today. It has not changed.
Whats it called?
I live in LaGrange Ga and I remember singing "lil sally walker" as a lil girl WoW!
God bless my ancestors for paving the way for me.
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My mama taught me the Sally song! 💜💜💜
The rhythm is very similar to our 🇨🇩 Congolese drum pattern. Much love from across the sea
Thank you Natty Dread. One Love.
Well look at that, I learned the Sally Saucer song in the 70's all the way up here in Alberta, Canada when I was a kid. Some words a bit different like wipe your sleepy eyes, not weepy, and look to the east, not shake. But amazing!
Same here but in California. Most of us here though , bc of The Great Migration have roots in deep south. My grandparents and mom and her siblings speech Geechee but are from Arakansas and Mississipi.
Christian Thompson that’s cool. Is that still called geechee tho because I know the geechee/Gullah accent are pretty similar to deep country accents in the south and Deep South but I never heard those accents being called geechee or Gullah because it wasn’t from the Gullah SC islands or geechee lands in Georgia
I did a history report in the 10th grade about my grandmother and they used to play " little Sally walker "
I'm from RiceBoro... Roberts Hill and Howard Hill. Sandy Run to Briar Bay
Thanks for sharing!
Great video love it!,Thank you for sharing Peace and Love!
Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Amen!!!Praise the Lord! Our beautiful heritage from the Mother Land still surviving!!!
To my Gullah/Geechees… The name Gullah is in the Strong’s Concordance Bible dictionary as a Hebrew name. Look in the Hebrew Language section on page 1353 and you can see for yourselves. Yah’ll (we) are Hebrews. Our names were not mis-pronounced as Angola or Golas although some of our ancestors were from there. The Spanish and English called us Gullah or GuYah (In spanish the LL makes a Y sound) because they knew who we were. Geechees are the Yamasee or Yahmassee (Yah) (Yahweh) who were also Hebrews and were called (Maroons, Guale, Yamacraw, Creek Aborigines) by the Spanish. Cum-by-Yah, Ah-ha-Yah, We-Ben-Yah (We Son of Yah), Hallelu-Yah.
Beautiful.
no need want back to the roots because you are the roots !!
I remember lil Sally walker 😊
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The music definitely has an African flavor to it. Reminds me a lot of Afro-Caribbean music.
It sounds like a reggae type beat. Like you could change the words and it would fit
Well African Americans are African descent so makes sense!
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Its the same beat base in Dancehall
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In New Orleans they beat on drums on Sundays in Congo Square and call it the Bamboula and its the base for the Secondline rhythm