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	Negro Gang Songs
	AIN'T WORKIN' SONG d'b. No. 1336. Charley Campbell, Alabama State Docks, Mobile, Ala., 1937. On the docks, at Mobile, Alabama, a collector of folk songs has just recorded a song by a Negro longshoreman, Charley Campbell. Collector: Was that a work song that you've just sung? Charley: Boss, this here ain't no workin" song; it's a ain't workin' song!
	1   Eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 'Fore I workses, I'd ruther be hung. 2  Eighteen hundred and ninety-two, Me an' old worksy, we done been through. 3  Eighteen hundred and ninety-three, Me and old worksy, we can't agree. 4  Eighteen hundred and ninety-four, I lef old worksy standin' at de workhouse door. 5  Eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 'Fore I workses, I be bad lie. 6  Eighteen hundred and ninety-six, Me an' old worksies, we business out of fix. [389]