A work song is a typically acoustic rhythmicsong sung by persons who are working in likely mundane conditions. The work song is probably intended to reduce feelings of boredom and to increase feelings of euphoria. Rhythms of work songs also serve to synchronize physical movement in a gang.
The origin of many American work songs comes from African slaves.
Download recording of “Dollar Mamie”, a work song for hoeing from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Judge "Bootmouth" Tucker and Alexander "Neighborhood" Williams on May 23, 1939 at a State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi
External links
A sample work song (http://www.boscarol.com/nina/html/where/worksong.html)
The efficiency of a machine, which is defined as the ratio of the work output to the work input, is always less than one, since some of the input is invariably wasted in overcoming friction.
Some of the units used to measure work are the foot-pound, the erg erg (ûrg), unit of work or energy in the cgs system of units, which is based on the metric system ; it is the work done or energy expended by a force of 1 dyne acting through a distance of 1 centimeter.
J, unit of work or energy in the mks system of units, which is based on the metric system ; it is the work done or energy expended by a force of 1 newton acting through a distance of 1 meter.
Worksongs are composed; they frequently feature call and response structures, and are designed to enable the labourers who sing them to coordinate their efforts in accordance with the rhythms of the songs.
Sometimes these performers would locate scholarly work in libraries and revive the songs in their recordings, for example in Joan Baez's rendition of "Henry Martin," which adds a guitar accompaniment to a version collected and edited by Cecil Sharp.
Enthusiasts for folk music might properly consider this song to be pastiche and not parody, because the tune is pleasant and far from inept, and the topic being lampooned is not balladry but the medieval heroic tradition.
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