Negro workaday songs
Howard Washington Odum and Guy Benton Johnson
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I BACKGROUND RESOURCES IN NEGRO SONG AND WORK4. CHAPTER II THE BLUES: WORKADAY SORROW SONGS5. CHAPTER III SONGS OF THE LONESOME ROAD6. CHAPTER IV BAD MAN BALLADS AND JAMBOREE7. CHAPTER V SONGS OF JAIL, CHAIN GANG, AND POLICEMEN8. CHAPTER VI SONGS OF CONSTRUCTION CAMPS AND GANGS9. CHAPTER VII JUST SONGS TO HELP WITH WORK10. CHAPTER VIII MAN’S SONG OF WOMAN11. CHAPTER IX WOMAN’S SONG OF MAN12. CHAPTER X FOLK MINSTREL TYPES13. CHAPTER XI WORKADAY RELIGIOUS SONGS14. CHAPTER XII THE ANNALS AND BLUES OF LEFT WING GORDON15. CHAPTER XIII JOHN HENRY: EPIC OF THE NEGRO WORKINGMAN16. CHAPTER XIV SOME TYPICAL NEGRO TUNES17. CHAPTER XV TYPES OF PHONO-PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS OF NEGRO SINGERS18. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY[102]19. INDEX TO SONGS20. Transcriber’s Notes