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Resource Library

Great Sites
Association for Cultural Equity
Smithsonian Folkways
Folkstreams.net
The Mudcat Cafe

Books

Wake Up Dead Man: Hard Labor and Southern Blues by Bruce Jackson
Work Songs by Ted Gioia
Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook
Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands
Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work in Britain
Shanties from the Seven Seas by Stan Hugill
American Folksongs for Children compiled by Ruth Crawford Seeger
 

Albums
Wake Up Dead Man: Black Convict Worksongs from Texas Prisons
Southern Journey, V. 13: Earliest Times -- Georgia Sea Island Songs for Everyday Living
Hollerin'
Negro Work Songs & Calls
Waulking Songs From Barra
Waulking Songs

Here is a list recommended by Max Godfrey

Deep River of Song: Big Brazos: Texas Prison Recordings, 1933 and 1934

Southern Journey, Vol. 3: 61 Highway Mississippi - Delta Country Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs & Dance Music

I'm Gonna Make You Happy

Deep River of Song: Mississippi: Saints and Sinners: From Before the Blues and Gospel

Deep River of Song: Black Appalachia - String Bands, Songsters and Hoedowns

Blind Willie McTell: Classic Years 1927-1940

Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In: The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 2

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