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

Album by Various Artists

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Disc 1

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

Disc 2

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

Disc 3

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

Disc 4

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

Disc 5

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

Disc 6

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

Disc 7

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

Disc 8

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

Disc 9

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

Disc 10

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

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