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Table of Contents Introduction Astronaut: Fire in the Sky Barber: Barber, Spare Those Hairs Bargee: The Erie Canal Chimney Sweeper: Chimney Sweeper Cowboy: Git Along, Little Dogies Doctor: The Doctor Song Farmer: The Farmer is the Man Field hand: Cotton Needs Pickin' Fisherman: Boston Come-All-Ye Housewife: Old Grumble Hunter: Let's Go A-Hunting Jockey: Stewball Laundry worker: Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron Logger: The Frozen Logger Mill girls: Cotton Mill Girls Miner: Down in a Coal Mine Musician (orchestra): The Orchestra Programmer: My Father Is a Programmer Railroad engineer: Casey Jones Railway worker: Pat Works on the Railway Reaper: The Reaper on the Plain Rescue Workers: Bodies on the Line Shoemaker: Peg An' Awl Street vendor: Chairs to Mend Tarrier: Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill Teacher: In the Good Old Days Teamsters: The Oxen Song Telephone operator: Long Distance Blues Wait Staff: Stand and Wait Weavers: Weave-Room Blues
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Work songs -- Texts.
Work songs -- History and criticism.
Working class -- Songs and music.