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Various Artists
Songs For Political Action: Folkmusic, Topical Songs And The American Left 1926-1953
Genres: Blues, Folk, International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (36) - Disc #1
1. Boll Weevil - Traditional
2. Patriotic Diggers - Woodward, Samuel
3. London's Bridge Is Falling Down - Traditional
4. Risselty Rosselty - Traditional
5. Old Grey Mare - Traditional
6. Hands - Traditional
7. Ragged Hungry Blues, Pt. 1 - Jackson, Aunt Molly
8. Ragged Hungry Blues, Pt. 2 - Jackson, Aunt Molly
9. I'm Going to Organize, Baby Mine - Gunning, Sarah Ogan
10. I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister - Garland, Jim
11. Raggedy, Raggedy - Handcox, John
12. No More Mourning (Oh Freedom) - Handcox, John
13. Join the Union Tonight - Handcox, John
14. We're Going to Roll the Union On - Handcox, John
15. There Is Mean Things Happening in This Land - Handcox, John
16. Farmer's Letter to the President - Miller, Bobby [Coun
17. Farm Relief Blues - Miller, Bobby [Coun
18. 11 Cent Cotton, 40 Cent Meat - Dermer, Emma
19. The Hootenanny Song (From Aunt Jenny's Strawberry Festival) - Miller, Bobby [Coun
20. Bank Failures - Miller, Bobby [Coun
21. The Rich Man and the Poor Man - Miller, Bobby [Coun
22. The Poor Forgotten Man - Miller, Bobby [Coun
23. The Soup Song - Sugar, Maurice
24. The Internationale - Degeyter, Pierre
25. Rise up (Comintern) - Eisler, Hanns
26. United Front - Brecht, Bertholt
27. Forward, We've Not Forgotten - Brecht, Bertholt
28. In Praise of Learning - Brecht, Berholt
29. On the Picket Line - Traditional
30. Hold the Fort - Traditional
31. Casey Jones - Hill, Joe [2]
32. Sit Down - Sugar, Maurice
33. Write Out My Union Card - Traditional
34. We Shall Not Be Moved - Traditional
35. Join the Union - Traditional
36. Solidarity Forever - Chaplin, Ralph
Track Listings (22) - Disc #2
1. The Strange Funeral in Braddock - Gold, Michael
2. Abraham Lincoln, Pt. 1 & 2 - Hayes, Alfred
3. Joe Hill - Hayes, Alfred
4. Spring Song - Robinson, Earl
5. The Old Chisholm Trail - Traditional
6. Old Paint (The Horse With the Union Label) - Aarons, Saul
7. Capitalistic Boss, Pt. 1 & 2 - Aarons, Saul
8. Little Theater on the Right - Dowd, Harrison
9. Little Theater on the Left - Dowd, Harrison
10. Nine Foot Shovel
11. Chain Gang Boun'
12. Trouble - Traditional
13. Goin' Home Boys
14. Cryin' Who? Cryin' You!, Pt. 1 & 2
15. Told My Captain - Public Domain [1]
16. Jerry - Traditional
17. Southern Exposure - Cuney, Waring
18. Uncle Sam Says - Cuney, Waring
19. Jim Crow Train - Cuney, Waring
20. Bad Housing Blues - Cuney, Waring
21. Hard Time Blues - Cuney, Waring
22. Defense Factory Blues - Cuney, Waring
Track Listings (29) - Disc #3
1. The Strange Death of John Doe - Hays, Lee
2. Billy Boy - Lampell, Millard
3. C for Conscription - Seeger, Pete
4. Washington Breakdown - Hays, Lee
5. Lisa Jane - Lampell, Millard
6. Ballad of October 16th - Lampell, Millard
7. Plow Under - Hays, Lee
8. Talking Union - Hays, Lee
9. Union Train - Hays, Lee
10. Which Side Are You On? - Reece, Florence
11. Get Thee Behind Me Satan - Hays, Lee
12. Union Maid - Guthrie, Woody
13. All I Want - Garland, Jim
14. Songs for Bridges - Hays, Lee
15. Babe O'Mine - Gunning, Sarah Ogan
16. Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho - Traditional
17. Haul Away Joe - Traditional
18. Blow the Man Down - Traditional
19. The Golden Vanity - Traditional
20. Away Rio - Traditional
21. The Coast of High Barbary - Traditional
22. Greenland Fishing - Traditional
23. The Dodger Song - Traditional
24. Ground Hog - Traditional
25. State of Arkansas - Traditional
26. Hard, Ain't It Hard - Guthrie, Woody
27. I Ride an Old Paint - Traditional
28. House of the Rising Sun - Traditional
29. The Weaver's Song - Traditional
Track Listings (27) - Disc #4
1. Dear Mr. President - Seeger, Pete
2. Belt Line Girl - Cunningham, Sis
3. Round and Round Hitler's Grave - Guthrie, Woody
4. Side by Side - Stern, Arthur
5. Deliver the Goods - Hawes, Bess
6. Reuben James - Guthrie, Woody
7. Boomtown Bill - Guthrie, Woody
8. Keep That Oil A-Rollin' - Guthrie, Woody
9. I'm Looking for a Home (Housing Song)
10. Amsterdam Maid
11. Song of the Free
12. In Washington - Lomax, Alan
13. Overtime Pay
14. Quinte Brigada - Traditional
15. Jarama Valley - Traditional
16. Spanish Marching Song - Traditional
17. Cook House/The Young Man from Alcala - Traditional
18. Quinte Regimento - Traditional
19. Quarter Master Song - Traditional
20. Little Man on a Fence - Young, Eleanor
21. Jim Crow - Hays, Lee
22. You Better Get Ready - Guthrie, Woody
23. Hold the Fort/We Shall Not Be Moved - Traditional
24. U.A.W. -C.I.O. - Hawes, Baldwin
25. Hold On - Traditional
26. Solidarity Forever - Chaplin, Ralph
27. A Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore - Glazer, Tom
Track Listings (28) - Disc #5
1. Horace Greeley - Robinson, Earl
2. Kevin Barry - Traditional
3. The House I Live In - Lewis, Allen [1]
4. A Man's a Man for A' That - Burns, Robert [1]
5. Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill - Traditional
6. The Frozen Logger - Stevens, James
7. Jefferson and Liberty - Traditional
8. Sweet Betsy from Pike/Dirty Miner - Traditional
9. Grand Coolee Dam - Guthrie, Woody
10. Free and Equal Blues, Pt. 1 & 2 - Harburg, E.Y.
11. The Century of the Common Man - Pinard, Lancelot
12. I'm a Native American Nazi - Partlow, Vern
13. Join the U.A.W. -C.I.O. - Partlow, Vern
14. Keeping Score for '44 - Partlow, Vern
15. The U.A.W. Train - Partlow, Vern
16. Susan's in the Union - Partlow, Vern
17. The Rollback Blues - Partlow, Vern
18. Mama Don't Allow - Partlow, Vern
19. Farmer-Labor Train - Guthrie, Woody
20. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) - Guthrie, Woody
21. Talking Sailor Blues - Guthrie, Woody
22. Sally Don't You Grieve - Guthrie, Woody
23. Citizen C.I.O. - Glazer, Tom
24. No More Blues - Glazer, Tom
25. We've Got a Plan
26. Social Worker's Talking Blues
27. I'm Gonna Put My Name Down - Hawes, Baldwin
28. Freedom Road - Harper, Emerson
Track Listings (30) - Disc #6
1. Landlord - Raskin, Gene
2. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier - Traditional
3. Beloved Comrade - Allen, Lewis
4. The Man Who Couldn't Walk Around - Kantor, MacKinlay
5. I'm the Guy - Young, Eleanor
6. Little Man Sitting on a Fence - Young, Eleanor
7. When the Country Is Broke
8. Money in the Pocket - Russell, Bob
9. Our Fight Is Yours
10. Moses Green - Hays, Lee
11. The Rankin Tree - Hays, Lee
12. Talking Bilbo - Hays, Lee
13. This Old World - Hays, Lee
14. No. 1 Stooge - Claiborne, Bob
15. Song of My Hands - Asbel, Bernie
16. Mad as I Can Be - Hawes, Baldwin
17. Jackie Robinson - Grant, Rupert
18. High Price Blues - McGhee
19. Black, Brown and White - Broonzy, Big Bill
20. Nix on Mundt/Nixon - Beyer, Anna
21. The Daily Worker's Song
22. Taft-Hartley Blues - Luboff, Norman
23. Parnell Thomas Blues - Cunningham, Sis
24. Turn Me Loose - Reynolds, Malvina
25. Snowball - Goodson, Morry
26. Swingin' on a Scab - Gray, Shirley
27. On to Sacramento - Casetta, Mario
28. Atomic Talking Blues - Partlow, Vern
29. Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People - Partlow, Vern
30. Passing Through - Blakeslee, Dick
Track Listings (30) - Disc #7
1. Listen Mr. Bilbo - Claiborne, Adrienne
2. Joe Hill - Hayes, Alfred
3. O.P.A. Shout - Zaret, Hy
4. Voting Union
5. Get Out the Vote
6. A Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore - Glazer, Tom
7. A Dollar for P.A.C.
8. Oh, What Congress Done to Me
9. Four P.A.C. Nursery Rhymes
10. D.D.T. - Hays, Lee
11. Fare Ye Well, Bad Congressman
12. No, No, No Discrimination
13. Voter, Oh Voter - Relin, Lou
14. Intro/Commonwealth of Toil - Chaplin, Ralph
15. We've Got Our Eyes on You - Asbel, Bernie
16. Talking Union - Hays, Lee
17. The Preacher and the Slave - Hill, Joe [2]
18. Which Side Are You On - Reece, Florence
19. Solidarity Forever - Chaplin, Ralph
20. The Whole Wide World Around
21. Hold the Fort/Conclusion - Traditional
22. Talking P.A.C. - Seeger, Pete
23. Conversation With a Mule - Miller, Bobby [Coun
24. The Farmer Is the Man - Traditional
25. Join the Farmer's Union - Traditional
26. Talking Atom - Partlow, Vern
27. Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People - Partlow, Vern
28. Skillet Good and Greasy - Traditional
29. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) - Rodgers, Jimmie [1]
30. Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase - Macon, Uncle Dave
Track Listings (27) - Disc #8
1. Walk in Peace, Pt.1 - Pinard, Lancelot
2. Walk in Peace, Pt.2 - Glazer, Ray
3. Atomic Energy - Pinard, Lancelot
4. Old Lady With a Rolling Pin - Pinard, Lancelot
5. Red Boogie - Goodson, Morry
6. Unity Rhumba - Goodson, Morry
7. Elephant and the Ass - Goodson, Morry
8. Hungry Rhapsody - Goodson, Morry
9. Housing - Goodson, Morry
10. Ballad of F.D.R.
11. Jim Crow - Hays, Lee
12. Mein Shtetele Belz [My Little Town Belz] - Traditional
13. Zhonkoye
14. Travelin'
15. Black, Brown and White (Blues) - Broonzy, Big Bill
16. The Death of Harry Simms - Garland, Jim
17. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues - Traditional
18. No Irish Need Apply - Poole, J.F.
19. Unemployment Compensation Blues - Pine, Les
20. The Fireship - Traditional
21. Johnny I Hardly Knew You - Traditional
22. The Peekskill Story [Including Hold the Line, Pts. 1 & 2] - Casetta, Mario
23. Wasn't That a Time - Hays, Lee
24. Dig My Grave - Traditional
25. Freight Train Blues - Traditional
26. Love Song Blues - Hays, Lee
27. If I Had a Hammer - Hays, Lee
Track Listings (36) - Disc #9
1. We're Keeping Score '44 - Partlow, Vern
2. No More Blues - Glazer, Tom
3. Lay That Ballot Down, Pt. 1 & 2 - Oliver, Bill
4. The Fertilizer Song - Glazer, Ray
5. Talking E.T.A. - Partlow, Vern
6. Kiss the Boys Goodbye - Partlow, Ver
7. Round and Round the Canneries - Partlow, Vern
8. My Name Is Cannery Bill - Partlow, Vern
9. The Bosses' Gang
10. Bye, Bye Bosses
11. The New Walls of Jericho (Wallace Fit the Battle of America) - Harburg, E.Y.
12. Henry Wallace Is the Man
13. A Corrido to Wallace and Taylor - Alvarez, Abigail
14. Second Corrido to Wallace and Taylor - Alvarez, Abigail
15. The Battle Hym of '48 - French, Bryant M.
16. The Same Old Merry Go-Round - Glazer, Ray
17. I've Got a Ballot - Harburg, E.Y.
18. Great Day - Eliscu, Edward
19. Wallace Button/Goodbye, Harry - Levine, George
20. Henry Wallace - Cunningham, Sis
21. We Can Win With Wallace - Handlin, Connie
22. Work With Wallace - Reynolds, Malvina
23. The Century of the Common Man - Pinard, Lancelot
24. Wallace Is the Man for Me - Pinard, Lancelot
25. Yankee Doodle, Tell the Boss
26. Intro/New York City - Leadbelly
27. Marcantaonio for Me
28. Skip to the Polls - Wells, Jenny
29. Marc Antonio for Mayor
30. Now, Right Now
31. We Shall Not Be Moved - Traditional
32. Oh, Freedom - Traditional
33. Ben Davis - Seeger, Pete
34. M.T.A. - Hawes, Bess Lomax
35. The People's Choice
36. Keep A-Goin' and A-Growin' - Lomax, Alan
Track Listings (31) - Disc #10
1. The Riddle of Thurman Towns
2. Grapes to Pick - Gallant, Gerald
3. Medley: I Don't Want to Get Adjusted/Stand up and Be Counted/ We ... - Hays-Hellerman
4. Pity the Downtrodden Landlord - Wolf, Arnold Clayto
5. If I Had a Hammer - Hays, Lee
6. Banks of Marble - Rice, Les
7. Spring Song - Robinson, Earl
8. Songs of My Hands - Asbel, Bernie
9. My Old Man - Boudin, Jean
10. I'm on My Way - Traditional
11. In Contempt - Sanders, Kramer
12. Die Gedanken Sind Frei - DeCormier
13. Walk Along Together - Berstein
14. Put My Name Down - Hawes, Baldwin
15. Hold On - Traditional
16. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? - Traditional
17. I've Got a Right - Sacher, Allan
18. We Shall Overcome - Carawan, Guy
19. Talking un-American Blues - Sanders, Betty
20. Old Bolshevik Son
21. The Cloakmaker's Union
22. Land of the Daily Worker
23. Our Line's Been Changed Again - Levy, Alton
24. In Old Moscow - Cliff, Walter
25. Unite for Unity - Glazer, Joe
26. Bill Bailey - Ultimate Sectarian
27. The Last International - Glazer, Joe
28. The Giveaway Boys in Washington - Glazer, Joe
29. Joe McCarthy's Band
30. I've Got to Know - Guthrie, Woody
31. This Land Is Your Land - Guthrie, Woody

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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Songs For Political Action: Folkmusic, Topical Songs And The American Left 1926-1953
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bear Family
Release Date: 12/25/1999
Album Type: Box set, Import
Genres: Blues, Folk, International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Delta Blues, Traditional Blues, Traditional Folk, Singer-Songwriters, By Decade, 1950s, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 10
SwapaCD Credits: 10

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Amazing collection of rare political songs

11/02/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This 10 CD set includes some very rare political songs. Many can be considered "folk songs" although there are also some rarities like classical-oriented Communist Party songs. If one is interested in the Almanac Singers, the early recordings of Josh White, or Peekskill, this is a must have. The book which accompanies the collection is very informative. I only give the collection 4 stars instead of 5 since there are some songs which do not hold up so well after so many years, but overall this is fantastic compilation."