Think of any field of endeavour, and search for worksongs relating - mining, sailing, oil drilling, fishing, house building, you likely know more songs than you can think of off the top of your head. Lots of songs about mill work Weaver's Reverie, Cotton Mill Girls The Copper Family repertoire has reference to some more specific crafts And be sure to include the brewer! "Craft" beers proliferate like weeds around here. John Barleycorn covers several skills along the way from planting to drinking. Ships afford a range from shipbuilding to all the tasks on board. Gordon Bok has several about shipbuilding. Dick Swain's setting of "Old Figurehead Carver" Gotta get to work, and I admit, I do not know any work songs about church record keeping or bulletin writing. Joanne in Cleveland
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