The Work Song-Kate & Anna McGarrigle

[00:20.47]Back before the blues were blue [00:22.92] [00:23.67]When the good ol' songs were new [00:26.80] [00:28.05]Songs that may no longer please us [00:30.92] [00:31.92]'Bout the darkies, about Jesus [00:35.16] [00:35.91]Mississippi minstrels color of molasses [00:39.79] [00:40.48]Strummed their banjos to entertain their massas [00:43.93]Some said garbage, others cried art [00:47.50]You couldn't call it soul, you had to call it heart [00:51.20] [00:54.26]Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds [00:57.82] [00:58.38]The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the ****s [01:01.63]Put the wood in the stove, the water in the cup [01:04.82] [01:05.76]You worked so hard that you died standing up [01:08.88] [01:12.32]When I was a little thing [01:14.86] [01:15.99]Papa tried to make me sing [01:18.93] [01:20.11]Home Sweet Home and Aura Lee [01:22.60] [01:23.35]These were songs that my daddy tought me [01:27.10] [01:27.66]Camptown Races and Susannah Don't You Cry [01:31.17] [01:31.73]Gentle Annie still brings a tear to my eye [01:35.34]Label it garbage, label it art [01:38.03] [01:38.78]You couldn't call it soul, you had to call it heart [01:42.27] [01:45.58]Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds [01:49.26]The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the ****s [01:53.01]Put the wood in the stove, the water in the cup [01:56.06] [01:56.75]You worked so hard that you died standing up [02:00.45] [02:03.57]Sing me songs of days gone by [02:06.44] [02:07.19]Watch me laugh, watch me cry [02:10.06] [02:11.37]Break my female heart in two [02:13.43] [02:14.37]Sing me songs that say "I love you" [02:18.11] [02:18.73]Lower your eyes, raise your hand to your breast [02:21.86] [02:22.92]Sing me one about the sun setting in the west [02:26.30] [02:38.53]Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds [02:42.03]The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the ****s [02:45.29]Put the wood in the stove, the water in the cup [02:48.35] [02:48.91]You worked so hard that you died standing up [02:52.22] [02:59.67]Wood's in the stove, water's in the cup [03:02.91] [03:03.98]You worked so hard that you died standing up [03:06.72]