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VARIOUS ARTISTS

Virginia Traditions: Virginia Work Songs

VARIOUS ARTISTS

17 SONGS • 46 MINUTES • 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
Joe Lee
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
Lee Wynn
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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