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The author assembles and analyzes a collection of Black folk songs gathered from a semi-rural laboring class, combining transcribed lyrics with social and psychological observations. He argues that these songs reflect economic conditions—changes in agricultural labor, competition, and class position—and examines song forms, themes, and uses in work, religion, and burial rites. Methodological notes and vivid anecdotes illustrate fieldwork and folk beliefs, while interpretation links motifs and performance contexts to material life. The pamphlet balances raw song texts, ethnographic detail, and a sociological reading that situates musical expression as a response to shifting labor systems.
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