“Field Calls”

Description

"Field Call" is a term for a musical segment sung by field workers. Many had lyrics, and some sort of communicative purpose. Others were wordless laments, and are listed here

Notes

It should be evident that this list of field calls is very incomplete. - RBW

References

  1. Courlander-NFM, pp. 83-84, (no title) (3 texts, 3 tunes)
  2. BI, CNFM083

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: (undatable)
Keywords: nonballad
Found in: US