In 1947 Primus joined Jacob's Pillow and began her own program in which she reprised some of her works such as "Hard Time Blues. " In her program she also presented Three Spirituals entitled “Motherless Child”, “Goin’ to tell God all my Trouble”, and “In the Great Gettin’-up Mornin’.” These pieces were rooted in Primus’ experience with black southern culture. This cannon of Negro spirituals, also referred to as “sorrow songs” branched from slave culture, which at the time was a prominent source of inspiration for many contemporary dance artists.