The Work Song-Various Artists

[ti:The Work Song] [ar:Various Artists] [al:Sing Me the Songs Celebrating the works of Kate McGarrigle] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.56]Back before the blues were blue [00:03.91] [00:04.49]When the good ol' songs were new [00:08.56] [00:10.65]Songs that may no longer please us [00:14.59] [00:15.88]'Bout the darkies about Jesus [00:20.35]Mississippi minstrels color of molasses [00:24.96]Strummed their banjos to entertain their massas [00:29.59]Some said garbage others cried art [00:33.72]You couldn't call it soul you had to call it heart [00:41.05] [00:41.76]Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds [00:46.10]The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds [00:50.38]Put the wood in the stove the water in the cup [00:54.75]You worked so hard that you died standing up [01:02.26] [01:03.81]When I was a little thing [01:08.35]Papa tried to make me sing [01:12.88] [01:13.56]Home Sweet Home and Aura Lee [01:18.13]These were songs that my daddy tought me [01:22.94]Camptown Races and Susannah Don't You Cry [01:27.41]Gentle Annie still brings a tear to my eye [01:32.10]Label it garbage label it art [01:36.39]You couldn't call it soul you had to call it heart [01:43.54] [01:44.44]Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds [01:48.51]The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds [01:52.71]Put the wood in the stove the water in the cup [01:57.48]You worked so hard that you died standing up [02:04.28] [02:06.47]Sing me songs of days gone by [02:11.17]Watch me laugh watch me cry [02:16.50]Break my female heart in two [02:20.83]Sing me songs that say "I love you" [02:27.77]Lower your eyes raise your hand to your breast [02:34.01]Sing me one about the sun setting in the west [02:41.84] [02:51.57]Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds [02:56.11]The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds [03:00.25]Put the wood in the stove the water in the cup [03:04.92]You worked so hard that you died standing up [03:12.35] [03:12.92]Wood's in the stove water's in the cup [03:19.92] [03:21.49]You worked so hard that you died standing up [03:36.19]The Work Song - Various Artists