A work song is a piece of music closely connected to a specific form of work, either sung while conducting a task (often to coordinate timing) or a song linked to a task or trade which might be a connected narrative, description, or protest song.
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Famous quotes containing the words work and/or song:
“Well said, old mole, canst work i’ th’ earth so fast?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“A song is anything that can walk by itself.”
—Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)
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