What is a work song?
A work song is a song about the work or composition to work on. The first -type work song can be used to celebrate a profession or person who works in a profession or to warn people of difficult working conditions or protest in another way. The second -type work song is often used to maintain time when more people have to perform the task in the rhythm. Work songs are used in various professions, including military and sailors, lusters and field workers. Whether it is based on a man or myth, "John Henry" is another song celebrating a railway worker. "When Johnny comes to march again" celebrates the soldier's desire for his return from the battlefield. "Drill, you, Tarriers, drill," on the other hand, he draws attention to the working conditions of men performing jet work so that the railway can be laid.
The second type of work song is sometimes characterized by calls and reactions, back and forth between the Song Leaderand the rest of the workers. This is true in the army where military cadence is used to help soldiers move in formation. There are standard cadences with variations for different speeds and individual drilling sergeants also create their own words. Sometimes the words on the left and right are actually inserted into texts that provide further assistance to soldiers who need help to keep in step. Texts may be critical, comical, unfigated or referring to situations and feelings that are considered typical of military life, such as domestic illness.
Sea or Chantey Shanty is a type of work song that retains a rhythm. Examples include "Haul Away, Joe", "Blow the Man Down", "Cape Cod Girls" and "South Australia". In each of these examples there is a verse and a chorus, but poetry is interrupted after each line of lines, such as "Remove! Discard!" In "Cape Cod Girls" - this is a key part of the genre that helps maintain all cooperation. Different speeds and formulas come from their use for differentThe tasks and shacks are categorized by names that indicate this, such as long distance, short distance, capstan, etc. Shantyman was therefore a very important person on the ship.