Co 14504-D, 12/11/29, Blind Willie Johnson, "You'll Need
Somebody On Your Bond" immediately comes to mind
although this vocal melody probably hearkens back further
than that.
Mal

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On 2/11/2019 6:25 AM, David Katznelson wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Working with a class of 8th graders on some music from the Library of
> Congress. There is a song called WE DON'T HAVE NO PAYDAY HERE that we are
> having a hard time transcribing and there is no place to find other
> references to it. My gut says that it is based around another song (or
> songs) that if we could identify, we would get clues as to some of the
> lines that are currently hard to figure out.  Here is the song:
>
> https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000584/
>
> Would love help unlocking this mystery.
>
> David
>