Tim Moore's Farm

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Lighting Hopkins, "Tim Moore's Farm"

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Lighting Hopkins's version of the song "Tim Moore's Farm" influenced Gaines's perspective on the bonding system. In particular, he cites these lines as inspiration for Of Love and Dust: "You know Tim Moore's a man, he don't ever stand and grin. / He just said, 'keep out of the graveyard, I'll save you from the pen.'" The speaker of the song finds himself in a very similar situation as Marcus in the novel.

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    Video
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  • rights
    1990 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Arhoolie Records.
  • rights holder
    Smithsonian Folkways