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| | Work song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A work song is a typically rhythmic a cappella song sung by people working on a physical and often repetitive task. | | | Frequently the verses of work songs were improvised and sung differently each time. | | | The work song is probably intended to reduce feelings of boredom. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_song
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| | Songs of the Sea, Sea Chantys, work songs of seamen. |
| | Work songs were/are folk songs sung by laborers, usually to accompany the work they are performing. | | | The work song is the vocal equivalent and the documented work song tradition goes back at least to the 18th century and probably well beyond. | | | Songs of the Sea, Sea Chantys, work songs of seamen. |
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http://parlorsongs.com/insearch/seasongs/shanties.asp
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| | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Work Song |
| | Work Song, narrative song sung during work (usually hard physical labor). | | | Songs of Innocence: subsequent work, Songs of Experience | | | MSN Encarta - Search Results - Work Song |
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http://ca.encarta.msn.com/Work_Song.html
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| | Ex-con's 'O Brother' windfall / Sharecropper's son recorded work song used on soundtrack |
| | Later, when Burnett began working on the album, the song was placed first on the soundtrack of the film, which was made by Joel and Ethan Coen. | | | Burnett said he first heard the work-gang song about five years ago when he was listening to music in the Lomax archives in New York. | | | Sharecropper's son recorded work song used on soundtrack |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/03/07/DD23243.DTL&type=printable
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| | Work Songs |
| | The perfect song for anybody who works in government from the founder of punk rock who became rock’s leading man–child. | | | This was the song for teenagers with jobs in the mid–Sixties. | | | It’s songs like these that raise the Kinks far above the songs for which they are most famous. |
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http://www.planningcommunications.com/jf/work_songs.htm
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| | Soul Song, integrative energy work, body work, guided meditation, and vision crafting. |
| | Soul Song Essentials is an outgrowth of Soul Song Institute which is pioneered by Hallie's husband and business partner, Spencer Richardson. | | | Hallie E. Sawyers is president of Soul Song and a well known and respected educator with extensive training in energywork and bodywork. | | | A well known and respected educator with extensive training in energywork and bodywork, Hallie E. Sawyers is both founder and president of Soul Song. |
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http://www.soulsong.com
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| | JS Online: Avoiding stage pitfalls helps 'Work Song' render eerie draft of architect Wright's life |
| | "Work Song" tells us much about the complex and colorful Wright and those around him with a theatricality that keeps the audience engaged for three hours. | | | Watch and listen to Lee Ernst play the legendary architect in "Work Song," the new drama written by Eric Simonson and Jeffrey Hatcher. | | | At the very top of the show, we hear a recorded voice that sounds so much like Wright's, those familiar with audio tapes and films of him must ask whose voice they are hearing. |
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http://www.jsonline.com/enter/performingarts/sep00/song10090900.asp?format=print
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| | Slave Work Song: Shuck That Corn Before You Eat |
| | Some of these songs are known as "call and response," in which one individual sings a line and the rest of the group answers in chorus. | | | The lyrics of the song "Shuck Dat Corn Before You Eat" mention what the slaves could look forward to in return for their labor. | | | Silverman, Jerry, Just Listen to This Song I'm Singin': African-American History Through Song (Millbrook Press, Brookfield, Ct., 1996). |
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http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume2/september03/primsource.cfm
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| | Gullah Music > The Journey > Work Song |
| | Enslaved Africans sang songs as they worked to help keep the pace of the task they were doing. | | | These secret code songs were often about escaping to freedom. | | | Gullah Music > The Journey > Work Song |
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http://www.knowitall.org/gullahmusic/journey/history/work.html
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| | Irish-Americans: Work and Song |
| | Describe the song that is playing in the clip. | | | This page contains the traditional lyrics for the song "Paddy Works on the Railway," as well as more a more modern version of the lyrics. | | | The lyrics of these songs express the difficulty of the railroad work: |
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http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/irish_americans/b.html
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| | JS Online: The Rep's season-opener will explore the many contradictions of Frank Lloyd Wright |
| | "Work Song" is actually three distinct playlets that could stand on their own. | | | That play, "Work Song," receives its world premiere Friday in the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater. | | | Several minor characters were combined, and a few names were changed, but all of "Work Song" is based on fact. |
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http://www.jsonline.com/enter/performingarts/jaques/sep00/frank03090100.asp
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| | Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
| | Elvis Costello's reading of the title song is, well, eerily weird. | | | John, Keith Richards, and Chuck D Highlights abound; when Partch's Marimba Eroica is struck during "Pithecanthropus Erectus," the floors of the listener's dwelling may buckle. | | | There's a central band at work based around bassist Greg Cohen and guitarist Bill Frisell, with guest stars, mostly from the rock world, including Robbie Robertson, Dr. |
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http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,183931-,00.html
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| | Nat Adderley : Work Song - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
| | This out-of-print two-LP set combines together two of cornetist Nat Adderley's finest albums: Work Song and That's Right. | | | Nat Adderley : Work Song - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect | | | Browse artists: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # |
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http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,41205,00.html
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| | Brown and the Work Song |
| | The song seeks to transcend present experience--"Some folklorists have persuasively argued that the work song actually challenges the nature of work itself by changing the framework of the workers" (5). | | | "[Brown] inscribes the values of the work song" (5). | | | "Reverberations of a Work Song." American Poetry Review 28.2 (1999): 43ff. |
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http://www.engl.niu.edu/nvalenti/archive_050603/595/Brown_presentation.html
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| | Literary Review: Song - Fictional Work |
| | Editor's Note: "Song," written after the Song of Solomon, is part of The Heretic Bible, which will be forthcoming from the Free Press in January 2004. | | | Afterwards I went into the walk-in with the bartender and we lay down on a flat of strawberries, and when I came out, the back of my white waitressing blouse looked like it was splattered with blood. | | | This was around the time I locked myself into the ladies' room of the restaurant where I worked, sat down on the closed toilet seat and said I LOVE YOU, to no one in particular. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2078/is_2_47/ai_112796982
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| | Playbill News: Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright Extended at Pittsburgh City Theatre |
| | Work Song was commissioned by Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and the world premiere was presented at Milwaukee Repertory Theater in 2000. | | | Wright's architectural style is incorporated into the staging of Work Song by Simonson and his designers, Kent Dorsey (scenic), Karen Kopischke (costume), Andrew David Ostrowski (lighting), Barry Funderberg (sound) and John Boesche (projection). | | | Work Song features Morgan Hallett, Jeffrey Howell, Wali Jamal, Daniel Krell, John Shepard, Mark D. Staley and Robin Walsh. |
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http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90023.html
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| | Wedding Song -- Solo work of Noel Stookey |
| | Wedding Song (There Is Love)" with Chords and Lyrics | | | Wedding Song -- Solo work of Noel Stookey | | | Public Domain Foundation, Inc. website to learn more about the history of this song |
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http://members.cox.net/billandleann/noel/nps_wedding.htm
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| | Dirty Work - Song Lyrics |
| | Released on the album Dirty Work, on March 24, 1986 | | | You pull the strings and you got the clout | | | Sit on your ass till your work is done |
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http://www.keno.org/stones_lyrics/dirty_work.htm
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| | Stage Review: Wright looms large in City Theatre's vivid 'Work Song' |
| | Robin Walsh portrays Mamah Cheney and Sam Tsoutsouvas is Frank Lloyd Wright in City Theatre's production of "Work Song." | | | Most of those designers are repeating work they did on "Work Song" before, when it was a larger play. | | | "Work Song" is more than three snapshots; each playlet has a dramatic center and together they build a large, vivid picture. |
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04332/417929.stm
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| | work_song |
| | [n] a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work. |
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http://lookwayup.com/lwu.exe/lwu/d?s=f&w=work_song
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| | Fraggle Rock Page - Songs in Episode 36: Doozer Contest |
| | Fraggle Rock Page - Songs in Episode 36: Doozer Contest | | | Sing a tune for the tower, Sing a song for the stair. | | | Doozer Building Song (We'll Work Together Building Shapes in the Air) [02:00] |
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http://www.punchandjewelry.com/legacy/html/lyrics/lyr36.htm
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| | PISTONS: Ring!!!! Detroit Pistons Calling
It’s Time To Go To Work! |
| | Eastern Conference Champions and Ringingphone.com Offer Downloadable “Goin’ to Work” Theme Song as Tone for Cellular Phones | | | AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Beginning June 14th, Detroit Pistons fans will have the opportunity to download the “Goin’ to Work” song into their portable phones and use it as their ring tone. | | | Offered by Pennsylvania-based Ringingphone.com, one of the leading providers of cell phone ring tones, graphics and on-demand wireless information services, the song can be downloaded at a cost of only $4.99 and is compatible with a wide variety of phones. |
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http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/pistonsringtone_040614.html
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| | Stage Preview: Prolific writer's 'Work Song' pushes City Theatre's limits |
| | This is a bit of a premiere, too. | | | But otherwise, he and his wife are homebodies, working at home (she edits historical works). | | | "Work Song" has been around for several years, but, starting with a workshop at City's "Momentum" weekend last spring, Hatcher and Simonson (who also directs) have cut the cast down to nearly half its original size. |
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04326/413891.stm
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| | Labels settle at-work song-share dispute CNET News.com |
| | IIS, whose products include software designed to secure digital material, allegedly allowed people to swap copyrighted songs by artists including the Police and Ricky Martin. | | | The Recording Industry Association of America said technology consultancy Integrated Information Systems (IIS) agreed to settle for $1 million. | | | Readers who read Labels settle at-work song-share dispute also read... |
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-879308.html
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| | Simple Gifts |
| | Simple Gifts was a work song sung by the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing (more commonly called the Shakers), whose last community in America (Hancock Village) died in 1960. | | | Then we'll all live together with a love that is real. |
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http://www.snowcampdrama.com/gifts.html
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| | Work Song |
| | I don't like to work but I got to. | | | When my friends ask for advice, I tell them not to. | | | Well, you can work 'till you're too old. |
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http://users2.ev1.net/~smyth/linernotes/thesongs/WorkSong.htm
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| | Evangenitals Music |
| | For anyone who has ever had a job. | | | The other day when I awoke I went to work I did my job then I went home. |
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http://www.audiostreet.net/artist.aspx?artistid=6962&mode=music&recordid=44178
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| | worksongs : urban exploration photography |
| | Fortunately it ended up being none of these things. | | | (and as an aside, if you don't have a grid overlay in your viewfinder to work with, a wall like this is quite possibly the next best thing.) |
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http://www.worksongs.com
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| | "It's Hard Work" - A Bush Debate Video - A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution |
| | Perhaps if Bush didn't spend so much time on vacation, the work might not be so hard. | | | In the first debate, Bush said 11 times that being the president was "hard work." He said it was "hard work" to look at the casualty reports. | | | The real hard work is being a casualty. |
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http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/04/10/con04418.html
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