Project Gutenberg 2022-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 428 Odum, Howard Washington 1884 1954 Odum, Howard W. Johnson, Guy Benton 1901 1991 Johnson, Guy B. 26014118 Negro workaday songs $aNew Caledonia :$bUniversity of North Carolina Press,$c1926. Tim Lindell, Harry Lamé, Jude Eylander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Negro Workaday Songs" by Howard Washington Odum and Guy Benton Johnson is a sociological study written in the early 20th century. This work serves as a collection of folk songs primarily from African American workers in the Southern United States, reflecting their daily lives, struggles, and cultural expressions. The book aims to present authentic portrayals of the Negro experience through these workaday songs, going beyond mere aesthetic appreciation to explore their social significance. The beginning of this volume sets the stage for an exploration of the rich tapestry of African American folk music born from labor and hardship. The authors intend to document the context in which these songs were created, drawing from real-life experiences of the singers. They emphasize the wealth of material available, noting songs ranging from prison anthems to lamentation ballads, and highlight the importance of these expressions as mirrors of the collective character and struggles of the black community during a transformative era in American history. Each song is tied to themes of migration, labor challenges, and emotional journeys, with the authors asserting that these works break from traditional folk song classifications, revealing deeper societal truths. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/negroworkadayson00odum/page/n7/mode/2up 20211123050814odum 1926 NC Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism Folk music -- Southern States -- History and criticism Folk songs, English -- Southern States -- History and criticism Work songs -- Southern States -- History and criticism ML Text Category: American Literature Category: Music Category: Sociology 781964 2025-09-27T10:51:36.187526 text/html 777827 2022-11-18T15:02:17 text/html 11016986 2025-09-27T10:52:00.940517 application/epub+zip 4879781 2025-09-27T10:51:43.112593 application/epub+zip 275739 2025-09-27T10:51:38.082532 application/epub+zip 5336663 2025-09-27T10:52:07.981369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5527069 2025-09-27T10:51:55.837474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424118 2025-09-27T10:51:33.176567 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 423820 2022-11-18T15:02:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19878 2025-09-27T10:52:08.168379 application/rdf+xml 10418 2025-09-27T10:51:38.459559 image/jpeg 1504 2025-09-27T10:51:38.271523 image/jpeg 138802 2022-11-18T15:02:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 10836671 2022-11-18T15:02:19 application/octet-stream application/zip 10951359 2025-09-27T10:51:36.605691 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia