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The American Folk Song Collection
Fight for Union Recognition
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
4 - 8		 Tonal Center
do
Scale
Major		 Range
m7
Tone Set
s,l,t,Drmf		 Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
  
 
Original Starting Pitch
G 		Partwork
2- part arrangement - 
Form Analysis
AAvBC		 Form Type
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ta-a
tim-ri
tam-ti
ta-a-a-a
anacrusis

Source

Library of Congress AFS 4141 A2. Collected by Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin.



Informant/Performer
Ruby Rains (from Arkansas) and Bert Rains (from Texas), Bakersfield, CA, 1940

State
California

Region
West

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Historical


Sub Subject
Labor

Alternate Titles
Fight for Union

General Comments

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