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2. folkways.si.edu › negro-prison-camp-worksongsNegro Prison Camp Worksongs | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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   Negro Prison Camp Worksongs. Various Artists. Recorded by Pete & Toshi Seeger in the winter of 1951 at two Texas prison farms, this album represents some of the oldest and most traditional work songs found among African American prison communities in the southern United States.

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3. archive.org › details › negroprisonsongsNegro Prison Songs from The Mississippi State Penitentiary

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   Jan 16, 2008 · 1. No More, My Lawd. 2. Old Alabama. 3. Black Women. 4. Jumpin' Judy. 5. Whoa Buck. 6. Prettiest Train. 7. Old Dollar Mamie. 8. It Makes A Long Time Man Fell Bad. A collection of songs recorded at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in 1947. The best single document of the African American work song and field holler tradition....

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   What are some Negro prison songs?

   • Negro Prison Songs from The Mississippi State Penitentiary; A Selection. Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947. 1. No More, My Lawd 2. Old Alabama 3. Black Women 4. Jumpin' Judy 5. Whoa Buck 6. Prettiest Train 7. Old Dollar Mamie 8. It Makes A Long Time Man Fell Bad

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   How did a negroe sung a song?

   • “The [dozen stout rowers] negroes struck up a song to which they kept time with their oars; and our speed increased as they went on...The words were rude enough, the music better, and both were well-adapted to the scene. A line was sung by a leader, then all joined in a short chorus; then came another solo line, and another short chorus.”

   Work Song, Field Call & More - Timeline of African American Music

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   What are some examples of work songs?

   • The texts of work songs describe the labor being done (e.g., beating rice, corn shucking, rowing, woodcutting, and railroad songs, etc.) and recount the personal experiences of workers: Ah hanh hanh, Ah hanh hanh. Ah hanh hanh, Ah hanh hanh. Ah hanh hanh, Ah hanh hanh. Nigger, talk to the wood. Satirical and Protest Songs

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5. timeline.carnegiehall.org › genres › work-songsWork Song, Field Call & More — Timeline of African American ...

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   Carnegie Hall's history of African American Music. Learn more about how work song, field/street call, satirical & protest songs fits into the timeline and how the music evolved in the 1600s to present day.

6. www.allmusic.com › album › negro-work-songs-callsNegro Work Songs & Calls [Rounder] - AllMusic

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   Oct 26, 1999 · Negro Work Songs & Calls [Rounder] by Alan Lomax released in 1999. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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7. searchworks.stanford.edu › view › 13790620Negro work songs and calls : from the Archive of American ...

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   Negro work songs and calls : from the Archive of American Folk Song. Responsibility. edited by B.A. Botkin. Imprint. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Division of Music, Recording Laboratory, 1943. Physical description. 5 audio discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 10-12 in. Series. Folk music of the United States.

8. www.loc.gov › folklife › rounderFolk Music Albums Available on CD - Library of Congress

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   Recorded by John Lomax, Duncan Emrich, and others, 1937-42. Afro-American Spirituals, Worksongs, and Ballads (Rounder CD 1510) Powerful performances of African Americans at work and in worship, recorded in 1933 and 1939 by John A. Lomax, traveling across the rural South for the Library of Congress.

9. www.mustrad.org.uk › reviews › worksongNegro Work Songs and Calls

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   Various performers. Negro Work Songs and Calls. Rounder CD 1517. This is another step in Rounder’s project of reissuing the Library of Congress’s ‘Folk Music in the United States’ series, and Negro Work Songs And Calls brings back to availability another release that first appeared in the 1940s as an album of 78s, later being ...