Usually means: Music coordinating labor, boosting morale.
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  1. work song: Merriam-Webster
  2. work song: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. work song: Vocabulary.com
  4. work song: Wiktionary
  5. work song: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. work song: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. work song: Dictionary.com
  8. Work Song (Hozier song), Work Song (Nat Adderley album), Work Song (Nat Adderley song), Work Song (Nat Adderly album), Work Song (Nat Adderly song), Work Song (song), Work Song, Work song (disambiguation), Work song: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. work song: Rhymezone
  10. work song: FreeDictionary.org
  11. work song: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. work song: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (work song)

▸ noun:  A song, sung during work, with a rhythm that helps to coordinate activities.

Similar:
work party, taskwork, soundwork, workership, wagework, work-tool, shopwork, tap of work, make-work, work, more...

Opposite:
leisure song, relaxation song, rest song

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Similar:
work party, taskwork, soundwork, workership, wagework, work-tool, shopwork, tap of work, make-work, work, more...

Opposite:
leisure song, relaxation song, rest song



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