Work Song

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.

Read more about Work Song:  Definitions and Categories, Hunting and Pastoral Songs, Agricultural Work Songs, African American Work Songs, Sea Shanties, Cowboy Songs, Industrial Folk Song

Famous quotes containing the words work and/or song:

    “Irish was a man of parts even if some of them didn’t work too well.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “Lest all the song notes
    pause and break
    across a blood-stained throat
    gone songless,
    turn back.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)