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work song

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noun

a folk song sung by workers, with a rhythm like that of their work.

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Nearby words

work order, work out, work over, work projects administration, work rules, work song, work station, work stoppage, work through, work train, work up

Origin of work song

First recorded in 1920–25

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for work song

Contemporaneously with the work-song, the cult-song makes its appearance.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt