SH wrote:
What makes Americans of all races and creeds Americans is that we don't like anybody telling us what to do.
Another thing that makes Americans of all races and creeds Americans is we'll tell you to your face what we think. Sitting meekly and accepting perceived slights isn't really the American way.
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Btw.. the tune to "I've been working on the railroad" may well have been created by black laborers.From what I can tell it's origins are probably not as a black laborer work song. The melody has European roots, and it appears to have origins in minstrel shows. E.g. parodying stereotypes of blacks.
That checks out with me since "I've been working" sounds like "white people folk music."
Real chaingang songs don't sound like white people folk music.