Virginia Traditions: Virginia Work Songs

VARIOUS ARTISTS

17 BRANI • 46 MINUTI • MAY 26 2015

1

On a Monday

John Williams and Group

03:38

2

Oh Lord, They Don't 'Low Me to Beat 'Em

Willie Williams

02:35

3

Biting Spider

Willie Williams and Group

02:37

4

The Man Was Burning

01:20

5

Can't You Line 'Em

James Wilson, R. Ramsay, George Goram, R. Brown, J. Kirby, Lemuel Jones, C. Meekins & Ed Lewis

01:53

6

The New Burying Ground

Willie Williams and Group

03:21

7

Evalina

Crew of the "Charles J. Colonna"

03:25

8

Drinking of the Wine

Walter Kegler & Crew of the "Barnegat"

01:57

9

Every Mail Day

William Thompson, John Ball, William Carter, E.B. Chewning, Capt. Matthew Gaskins, Aurelius Henderson, William Johnson, Eddie Laws, Benjamin Smith & William Smith

02:47

10

Lazarus

William Thompson, John Ball, William Carter, E.B. Chewning, Capt. Matthew Gaskins, Aurelius Henderson, William Johnson, Eddie Laws, Benjamin Smith & William Smith

03:08

11

Sleep On

Lena Thompson, Lucy Scott & Lucy Smith

02:33

12

Come Along Down

John Mantley, Raleigh Griffin, Ernest Johnson, Lee Wynn & William Wynn

02:01

13

I'm Not Paying Them for Singing

01:46

14

On My Way to New Orleans

Lee Wynn & John Mantley

02:36

15

Wade in the Water

Rev. Timothy Hayes, Beulah Brown, Ruth Coston, Nathaniel McKelvin, Everett Ware & Rosa Wilson

03:28

16

I Don't Want Nobody Stumbling over Me

Creola Johnson & Audrey Davis

04:02

17

Sitdown Servant

Rev. Timothy Hayes, Beulah Brown, Ruth Coston, Nathaniel McKelvin, Everett Ware & Rosa Wilson

03:17

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