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

Release: 1996 Germany, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 296, Length: 12:29:17, Barcode: 4000127157201
Release type: Album - Compilation

Contents

CD #1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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