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Haul Her Away
One of the interesting points about traditional
music is that hard conditions do not necessarily
produce sad music. The harsh conditions of sailors
never seems to have detracted from their
enthusiasm for life, and this rugby-style song is
oblivious to the grim quality of the Middle-Passage,
that agonising journey across the Atlantic to the
plantations of the West Indies and America.

Track 16
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Cotton Fields
One of the great sources of consolation to the slaves
was music. There was much debate among the whites as
to whether it was a good idea to convert the slaves to
Christianity, because some of them realised that as brothers
in Christ they would need to see them as equals. Many
whites even looked to the captivity of the Israelites as 3
blueprint for the plantation situation, with the explanation
that it was a part of the negro's development! But many
did convert and developed a whole style of gospel singing
which has been a fundamental element of all popular
music ever since.