Happy Labor Day: Songs About Work

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[Plebe]

Some fantastic songwriting here.
And surely the best ever song about waitressing ...

 

[Bigboote]

This is an absolutely brilliant arrangement of an old folk song.

 

[nwhoopfan]

And surely the best ever song about waitressing ...

Here's another...sort of. It's between becoming a waitress or joining the circus.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[Plebe]

One of my favorite under-the-radar artists.

Try to bear with the unsteady cellphone camerawork; Paul's spoken preamble is well worth it, about a friend who sought to supplement her meager income as a convenience store clerk.

 

[Bigboote]

Here’s a classic from Ry Cooder:

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

My mom went to high school with Harry Belafonte.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I always dedicate Labor Day weekend to my grandmother, who worked in a sweatshop in the LES after she emigrated from what is now Slovakia. RIP.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

schoolkids get labor day off, too.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

 

[ClifSpliffy]

 

[Cornell Lt]

 

[Bama fan]

 

[Bama fan]

In memory of two contract linemen who died in a suburb of Birmingham, Al attempting to restore service this week after Ida visited us. Having done this stuff , I know that people do not appreciate just how dangerous it can be.

 

[Bigboote]

In memory of two contract linemen who died in a suburb of Birmingham, Al attempting to restore service this week after Ida visited us. Having done this stuff , I know that people do not appreciate just how dangerous it can be.

Oh, geez, Bama, that’s awful.

I kept thinking about posting this song, but was never near a computer when thinking about it.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[TerpWomenFan]