24 - Shouts on the Threshing Floor: Work Songs

A survey of work songs from around the world, recorded by Alan and John A. Lomax. We narrow the definition of work song to mean specifically those sung to assist in or accompany actual jobs of work. Visit our brand new work song exhibit here (https://archive.culturalequity.org/work-songs). Playlist (links to catalog records in the Lomax Digital Archive when available):1a Alla Boara 1b A Mezzononte en Punto 2 Walter Brown on Privileged Penitentiary https://archive.culturalequity.org/film-and-video/american-patchwork/greenville-levee-1978 (https://archive.culturalequity.org/film-and-video/american-patchwork/greenville-levee-1978)3 Levee Camp Hollers https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/lake-cormorant-941/levee-camp-hollers (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/lake-cormorant-941/levee-camp-hollers)4a Track Lining Song and Talk https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/1689 (https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/1689)4b Dogging Steel https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/southern-us-1959-and-1960/williamson-959/dogging-steel-part-1 (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/southern-us-1959-and-1960/williamson-959/dogging-steel-part-1)4c Sis Joe https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-1933-1940/parchman-farm-833/sis-joe (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-1933-1940/parchman-farm-833/sis-joe)5 Houston Bacon Sinking and Joining Iron https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/clarksdale-842/sinking-rails-and-joining-iron (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/mississippi-delta-survey-1941-1942/clarksdale-842/sinking-rails-and-joining-iron)6a Di Yo Pa Hele https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/la-plaine-ii-662/di-yo-pa-hele-pou-nou (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/la-plaine-ii-662/di-yo-pa-hele-pou-nou)6b Naje Kanot-la https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/scotts-head-662/naje-kanot-la (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/scotts-head-662/naje-kanot-la)7a Dekouwe bwa-la