Leadbelly's 'Old Man' and the Work Song Tradition

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ROBERT SIEGEL
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08-23-2006
Leadbelly's 'Old Man' and the Work Song Tradition

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The origins of folk songs are often mysterious. Take the song Old Man. In early 1997, two old friends with an interest in music and a propensity for research began corresponding about the song hadn't been studied much. For folklorist and labor historian Archie Green, the search took him back to the early 1940s and his own entry into working life.

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