The song continues "If 'n I could hollar like a mountain Jack I'd climb this mountain call my baby back" we're not talking bout mules, donkeys of jackasses here IMHO, Amos is dead right Hollar's are known from being heard at long distances. In the prison fields a field hollar would be song as a call & response usually done by one worker but far across the field it could be answered/responded by another lone worked, cutting cane or picking cotton. Barry
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