Virginia Traditions - Virginia Work Songs

by Various

Release Details

Year: 1983
Format: Vinyl — LP, Compilation
Country: US
Label: BRI Records (2)
Catalog #: BRI 007
Tracks: 17

Genres

Blues Folk, World, & Country

Styles

Country Blues Field Recording Gospel Folk

Tracklist

A1On A Monday
3:32
A2Oh Lord, They Don't 'Low Me To Beat 'Em
2:29
A3Biting Spider
2:29
A4The Man Was Burning
1:13
A5Can't You Line 'Em
1:47
A6The New Burying Ground
3:11
A7Evalina
3:16
A8Drinking Of The Wine
1:50
A9Every Mailday
2:36
B1Lazarus
3:00
B2Sleep On
2:25
B3Come Along Down
1:55
B4I'm Not Paying For Them Singing
1:40
B5On My Way To New Orleans
2:29
B6Wade In The Water
3:17
B7I Don't Want Nobody Stumbling Over Me
3:49
B8Sit Down Servant
3:03

Notes

The work-related singing of watermen, factory workers, crab pickers, and gandy dancers. Produced by The Blue Ridge Institute, Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia, under National Endowment of the Arts/Folk Arts Grant No. R80-54-242. Remastered at Starr Recording, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 36 pp. booklet included with extensive liner notes, photos and texts. Recorded in Virginia, USA, except A7 & A8 : A1 to A3, A5, A6 : Virginia State Penitentiary, Richmond, May 1936. A4 : Powhatan State Farm, Sta