Songs for Political Action: Folk Music, Topical Songs and the American Left: 1926–1953

Release by Various Artists

Track list

CD 1: The Leftist Roots of the Folk Revival

=> 1 The Boll Weevil (2:38)
=> 2 Patriotic Diggers (2:22)
=> 3 London’s Bridge Is Falling Down (1:06)
=> 4 Risselty Rosselty (1:07)
=> 5 Old Grey Mare (0:37)
=> 6 Hands (2:42)
=> 7 Ragged Hungry Blues, Part 1 (2:35)
=> 8 Ragged Hungry Blues, Part 2 (2:56)
=> 9 I’m Going to Organize, Baby Mine (1:21)
=> 10 I Don’t Want Your Millions, Mister (1:40)
=> 11 Raggedy, Raggedy (1:32)
=> 12 No More Mourning (1:07)
=> 13 Join the Union Tonight (0:45)
=> 14 We’re Going to Roll the Union On (1:00)
=> 15 There Is Mean Things Happening in This Land (0:48)
=> 16 Farmer’s Letter to the President (2:58)
=> 17 Farm Relief Blues (2:56)
=> 18 11 Cent Cotton, 40 Cent Meat (2:55)
=> 19 The Hootenanny Song (3:14)
=> 20 Bank Failures (3:17)
=> 21 The Rich Man and the Poor Man (2:58)
=> 22 The Poor Forgotten Man (2:45)
=> 23 The Soup Song (2:34)
=> 24 The Internationale (2:15)
=> 25 Rise Up (Comintern) (2:24)
=> 26 United Front (1:55)
=> 27 Forward, We’ve Not Forgotten (2:12)
=> 28 In Praise of Learning (1:46)
=> 29 On the Picket Line (2:56)
=> 30 Hold the Fort (3:05)
=> 31 Casey Jones (3:01)
=> 32 Sit Down (1:55)
=> 33 Write Me Out My Union Card (1:32)
=> 34 We Shall Not Be Moved (1:42)
=> 35 Join the Union (1:46)
=> 36 Solidarity Forever (2:45)

CD 2: Theatre and Cabaret Performers 1936–1941

=> 1 The Strange Funeral in Braddock (7:08)
=> 2 Abraham Lincoln, Parts 1 & 2 (5:18)
=> 3 Joe Hill (2:32)
=> 4 Spring Song (3:36)
=> 5 The Old Chisholm Trail (2:59)
=> 6 Old Paint (The Horse With the Union Label) (3:07)
=> 7 Capitalistic Boss, Parts 1 & 2 (6:58)
=> 8 Little Theater on the Right (2:29)
=> 9 Little Theater on the Left (2:42)
=> 10 Nine Foot Shovel (2:40)
=> 11 Chain Gang Boun’ (2:59)
=> 12 Trouble (3:19)
=> 13 Goin’ Home Boys (2:52)
=> 14 Cryin’ Who? Cryin’ You! Parts 1 & 2 (5:44)
=> 15 Told My Captain (3:17)
=> 16 Jerry (2:45)
=> 17 Southern Exposure (3:06)
=> 18 Uncle Sam Says (2:39)
=> 19 Jim Crow Train (3:03)
=> 20 Bad Housing Blues (2:33)
=> 21 Hard Time Blues (2:43)
=> 22 Defense Factory Blues (2:41)

CD 3: The Almanac Singers: March 1941 – April 1941

=> 1 Strange Death of John Doe (1:24)
=> 2 Billy Boy (2:17)
=> 3 C for Conscription (1:29)
=> 4 Washington Breakdown (1:28)
=> 5 Lisa Jane (2:39)
=> 6 Ballad of October 16th (2:42)
=> 7 Plow Under (2:21)
=> 8 Talking Union (2:57)
=> 9 Union Train (2:18)
=> 10 Which Side Are You On? (2:05)
=> 11 Get Thee Behind Me, Satan (2:34)
=> 12 Union Maid (2:09)
=> 13 All I Want (2:57)
=> 14 Songs for Bridges (3:06)
=> 15 Babe o’ Mine (2:43)
=> 16 Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho (2:43)
=> 17 Haul Away, Joe (3:12)
=> 18 Blow the Man Down (2:32)
=> 19 The Golden Vanity (3:02)
=> 20 Away, Rio (2:21)
=> 21 The Coast of High Barbary (2:30)
=> 22 Greenland Fishing (2:49)
=> 23 The Dodger Song (2:35)
=> 24 Ground Hog (2:36)
=> 25 State of Arkansas (2:43)
=> 26 Hard, Ain’t It Hard (2:33)
=> 27 I Ride an Old Paint (2:33)
=> 28 House of the Rising Sun (2:53)
=> 29 The Weaver’s Song (2:37)

CD 4: Fighting the Fascists: 1942–1944

=> 1 Dear Mr. President (2:50)
=> 2 Belt Line Girl (2:20)
=> 3 Round and Round Hitler’s Grave (2:50)
=> 4 Side by Side (2:34)
=> 5 Deliver the Goods (2:26)
=> 6 Reuben James (3:08)
=> 7 Boomtown Bill (3:10)
=> 8 Keep That Oil A-Rollin’ (2:46)
=> 9 I’m Looking for a Home (Housing Song) (2:18)
=> 10 Amsterdam Maid (2:54)
=> 11 Song of the Free (2:01)
=> 12 In Washington (2:57)
=> 13 Overtime Pay (2:28)
=> 14 Quinte Brigada (2:47)
=> 15 Jarama Valley (2:47)
=> 16 Spanish Marching Song (2:38)
=> 17 Cook House / The Young Man From Alcala (2:39)
=> 18 Quinte Regimento (2:20)
=> 19 Quarter Master Song (2:03)
=> 20 Little Man on a Fence (2:32)
=> 21 Jim Crow (2:49)
=> 22 You Better Get Ready (2:32)
=> 23 Hold the Fort / We Shall Not Be Moved (3:01)
=> 24 U.A.W. - C.I.O. (2:06)
=> 25 Hold On (2:14)
=> 26 Solidarity Forever (2:53)
=> 27 Dollar Ain’t a Dollar Anymore (2:47)

CD 5: World War II and the Folk Revival

=> 1 Horace Greeley (3:06)
=> 2 Kevin Barry (2:44)
=> 3 The House I Live In (3:08)
=> 4 A Man’s a Man for a’That (2:24)
=> 5 Drill Ye Tarriers Drill (2:45)
=> 6 The Frozen Logger (2:32)
=> 7 Jefferson and Liberty (2:43)
=> 8 Sweet Betsy From Pike / Dirty Miner (3:07)
=> 9 Grand Coolee Dam (2:58)
=> 10 Free and Equal Blues, Parts 1 & 2 (5:08)
=> 11 The Century of the Common Man (3:04)
=> 12 I’m a Native American Nazi (3:02)
=> 13 Join the U.A.W.-C.I.O. (2:36)
=> 14 Keeping Score for ’44 (2:22)
=> 15 The U.A.W. Train (2:28)
=> 16 Susan’s in the Union (2:32)
=> 17 The Rollback Blues (2:18)
=> 18 Mama Don’t Allow (2:06)
=> 19 Farmer Labor Train (2:52)
=> 20 So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You (2:47)
=> 21 Talking Sailor (3:05)
=> 22 Sally, Don’t You Grieve (2:24)
=> 23 Citizen C.I.O. (2:30)
=> 24 No More Blues (2:50)
=> 25 We’ve Got a Plan (2:35)
=> 26 Social Worker’s Talking Blues (2:32)
=> 27 I’m Gonna Put My Name Down (3:03)
=> 28 Freedom Road (2:17)

CD 6: The People’s Songs Era: 1945–1949

=> 1 Landlord (2:40)
=> 2 Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (2:43)
=> 3 Beloved Comrade (2:48)
=> 4 The Man Who Couldn’t Walk Around (3:04)
=> 5 I’m the Guy (1:31)
=> 6 Little Man Sitting on a Fence (2:44)
=> 7 When the Country Is Broke (0:45)
=> 8 Money in the Pocket (1:50)
=> 9 Our Fight Is Yours (2:11)
=> 10 Moses Green (2:48)
=> 11 The Rankin Tree (1:55)
=> 12 Talking Bilbo (2:22)
=> 13 This Old World (3:19)
=> 14 No. 1 Stooge (2:15)
=> 15 Song of My Hands (3:12)
=> 16 Mad as I Can Be (1:56)
=> 17 Jackie Robinson (2:39)
=> 18 High Price Blues (2:46)
=> 19 Black, Brown, and White (2:38)
=> 20 Nix on Mundt/Nixon (2:26)
=> 21 The Daily Worker’s Song (1:48)
=> 22 Taft-Hartley Blues (2:45)
=> 23 Parnell Thomas Blues (4:04)
=> 24 Turn Me Loose (1:13)
=> 25 Snowball (1:39)
=> 26 Swingin’ on a Scab (2:37)
=> 27 On to Sacramento (2:09)
=> 28 Atomic Talking Blues (3:44)
=> 29 Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People (3:42)
=> 30 Passing Through (1:50)

CD 7: Pete Seeger: 1946–1948

=> 1 Listen Mr. Bilbo (2:40)
=> 2 Joe Hill (2:42)
=> 3 O.P.A. Shout (2:10)
=> 4 Voting Union (1:46)
=> 5 Get Out the Vote (0:54)
=> 6 A Dollar Ain’t a Dollar Anymore (2:22)
=> 7 A Dollar for P.A.C. (2:44)
=> 8 Oh, What Congress Done to Me (0:54)
=> 9 Four P.A.C. Nursery Rhymes (1:12)
=> 10 D.D.T. (1:44)
=> 11 Fare Ye Well, Bad Congressman (1:25)
=> 12 No, No, No Discrimination (0:53)
=> 13 Voter, Oh Voter (1:23)
=> 14 Intro: Commonwealth of Toil (3:26)
=> 15 We’ve Got Our Eyes on You (2:52)
=> 16 Talking Union (3:06)
=> 17 The Preacher and the Slave (2:56)
=> 18 Which Side Are You On? (2:36)
=> 19 Solidarity Forever (3:34)
=> 20 The Whole Wide World Around (3:59)
=> 21 Hold the Fort / Conclusion (3:04)
=> 22 Talking P.A.C. (2:33)
=> 23 Conversation With a Mule (2:08)
=> 24 The Farmer Is the Man (1:42)
=> 25 Join the Farmer’s Union (1:14)
=> 26 Talking Atom (2:52)
=> 27 Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People (3:10)
=> 28 Skillet Good and Greasy (0:53)
=> 29 T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) (2:08)
=> 30 Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase (2:39)

CD 8: Charter Records: 1946–1949

=> 1 Walk in Peace, Part 1 (2:41)
=> 2 Walk in Peace, Part 2 (2:36)
=> 3 Atomic Energy (2:45)
=> 4 Old Lady With a Rolling Pin (2:44)
=> 5 Red Boogie (3:13)
=> 6 Unity Rhumba (2:50)
=> 7 Elephant and the Ass (2:31)
=> 8 Hungry Rhapsody (3:14)
=> 9 Housing (3:04)
=> 10 Ballad of F.D.R. (2:54)
=> 11 Jim Crow (2:22)
=> 12 Mein Shtelele Belz (3:02)
=> 13 Zhonkoye (2:20)
=> 14 Travelin’ (1:50)
=> 15 Black, Brown and White Blues (2:30)
=> 16 The Death of Harry Simms (1:45)
=> 17 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1:15)
=> 18 No Irish Need Apply (2:26)
=> 19 Unemployment Compensation Blues (3:02)
=> 20 The Fireship (2:58)
=> 21 Johnny, I Hardly Knew You (3:02)
=> 22 The Peekskill Story, Parts 1 & 2 (6:26)
=> 23 Wasn’t That a Time (2:59)
=> 24 Dig My Grave (2:30)
=> 25 Freight Train Blues (2:36)
=> 26 Love Song Blues (3:24)
=> 27 If I Had a Hammer (2:17)

CD 9: Campaign Songs: 1944–1949

=> 1 We’re Keeping Score ’44 (3:33)
=> 2 No More Blues (0:59)
=> 3 Lay That Ballot Down, Parts 1 & 2 (2:26)
=> 4 Fertilizer Song (3:04)
=> 5 Talking F.T.A. (3:00)
=> 6 Kiss the Boys Goodbye (2:37)
=> 7 Round and Round the Canneries (2:18)
=> 8 My Name Is Cannery Bill (3:00)
=> 9 The Bosses’ Gang (2:27)
=> 10 Bye, Bye Bosses (2:35)
=> 11 New Walls of Jericho (Wallace Fit the Battle of America) (2:39)
=> 12 Henry Wallace Is the Man (2:54)
=> 13 Corrido to Wallace and Taylor (1:35)
=> 14 Second Corrido to Wallace and Taylor (1:21)
=> 15 Battle Hymn of ’48 (1:38)
=> 16 Same Old Merry Go-Round (1:44)
=> 17 I’ve Got a Ballot (1:32)
=> 18 Great Day (1:29)
=> 19 Wallace Button / Goodbye, Harry (1:49)
=> 20 Henry Wallace (4:12)
=> 21 We Can Win With Wallace (1:23)
=> 22 Work With Wallace (2:45)
=> 23 Century of the Common Man (1:46)
=> 24 Wallace Is the Man for Me (2:09)
=> 25 Yankee Doodle, Tell the Boss (2:48)
=> 26 Intro: New York City (2:36)
=> 27 Marcantaonio for Me (1:02)
=> 28 Skip to the Polls (1:11)
=> 29 Marc Antonio for Mayor (1:03)
=> 30 Now, Right Now (3:02)
=> 31 We Shall Not Be Moved (1:03)
=> 32 Oh, Freedom (2:45)
=> 33 Ben Davis (2:59)
=> 34 M.T.A. (2:30)
=> 35 People’s Choice (1:16)
=> 36 Keep a-Goin’ and a-Growin’ (1:44)

CD 10: An Era Closes: 1949–1953

=> 1 The Riddle of Thurman Towns (3:25)
=> 2 Grapes to Pick (2:22)
=> 3 Medley: I Don’t Want to Get Adjusted / Stand Up and Be Counted / We Will Overcome / The Progressive Party Is Here to Stay (3:32)
=> 4 Pity the Downtrodden Landlord (2:22)
=> 5 The Hammer Song (1:59)
=> 6 Banks of Marble (2:54)
=> 7 Spring Song (3:09)
=> 8 Songs of My Hands (3:11)
=> 9 My Old Man (3:03)
=> 10 I’m on My Way (3:02)
=> 11 In Contempt (2:05)
=> 12 Die gedanken sind frei (1:20)
=> 13 Walk Along Together (2:43)
=> 14 Put My Name Down (2:46)
=> 15 Hold On (1:45)
=> 16 Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel (0:58)
=> 17 I’ve Got a Right (2:43)
=> 18 We Shall Overcome (3:19)
=> 19 Talking Un-American Blues (3:29)
=> 20 Old Bolshevik Song (1:44)
=> 21 The Cloakmaker’s Union (0:33)
=> 22 Land of the Daily Worker (0:57)
=> 23 Our Line’s Been Changed Again (1:51)
=> 24 In Old Moscow (1:44)
=> 25 Unite for Unity (2:31)
=> 26 Bill Bailey (2:43)
=> 27 The Last Internationale (2:06)
=> 28 The Giveaway Boys in Washington (1:38)
=> 29 Joe McCarthy’s Band (2:00)
=> 30 I’ve Got to Know (5:32)
=> 31 This Land Is Your Land (2:26)

Labels

=> Bear Family Records

BCD 15720 JL

Release events

1996 Germany

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