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work song definition

work song

a folk song sung by laborers, as in the fields, with a marked rhythm matching the rhythm of their work

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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