Field Calls

DESCRIPTION: "Field Call" is a term for a musical segment sung by field workers. Many had lyrics, and some sort of communicative purpose. Others were wordless laments, and are listed here
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: (undatable)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Courlander-NegroFolkMusic, pp. 83-84, (no title) (3 texts, 3 tunes)
NOTES [12 words]: It should be evident that this list of field calls is very incomplete. - RBW
File: CNFM083

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