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The gospel song "I'll Fly Away" was written by Albert E. Brumley in 1929. It is
sung frequently in the churches of many Protestant denominations in white,
Black, and integrated churches. "I'll Fly Away" has been recorded numerous
times by a bevy of recording artists. It was included on the soundtrack of the
film O Brother, Where Art Thou? When I chose the title for this book, I knew
the song but was unaware of Mr. Brumley's authorship, and of the fact that
he was a white Oklahoman who grew up picking cotton on his father's farm.
I've learned from Wikipedia that the Brumley farm went bankrupt during
the Depression and the well-known Dust Bowl drought that devastated
the middle of the country; and that Brumley was one of the most prolific
writers of gospel music in our history. Brumley took the theme for "I'll Fly
Away" from a prisoners' song that spoke to the hope to fly from prison (not
to heaven) and be free again, but he transformed it into a religious theme. In
a sense it was, indeed, a kind of religion from the mouths of those prisoners.
sung frequently in the churches of many Protestant denominations in white,
Black, and integrated churches. "I'll Fly Away" has been recorded numerous
times by a bevy of recording artists. It was included on the soundtrack of the
film O Brother, Where Art Thou? When I chose the title for this book, I knew
the song but was unaware of Mr. Brumley's authorship, and of the fact that
he was a white Oklahoman who grew up picking cotton on his father's farm.
I've learned from Wikipedia that the Brumley farm went bankrupt during
the Depression and the well-known Dust Bowl drought that devastated
the middle of the country; and that Brumley was one of the most prolific
writers of gospel music in our history. Brumley took the theme for "I'll Fly
Away" from a prisoners' song that spoke to the hope to fly from prison (not
to heaven) and be free again, but he transformed it into a religious theme. In
a sense it was, indeed, a kind of religion from the mouths of those prisoners.