Work songs broke the silence of the forest.

一阵阵号子声， 打破了森林的寂静。

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The blues grew out of African spirituals and work songs.

布鲁斯乐成长自非洲人的精神和劳动号子中。

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She grew up listening to prison and work songs from the rural south.

她从小听着囚犯和工人们的歌声长大，这些人唱的都是来自南方乡村的歌曲。

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Many of his songs seemed to ask: "Why can't we make this marriage work?"

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He used parts of many old traditional American folk songs in his work.

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Copland used music from American cowboy songs in this work.

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Odetta came after me and did the work songs, which were done by the slaves that were taken from Africa.

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In the meantime Bret and Jemaine were able to work on new songs.

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While there's still a cascading exuberance to Drew and Canning's work, the songs convey a tighter sense of focus and sonic consistency.

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