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

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▼ CD 1: The Leftist Roots of the Folk Revival
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Boll Weevil	Carl Sandburg		2:38
2	Patriotic Diggers	John Allison		2:22
3	London’s Bridge Is Falling Down vocals: Charles Seeger recording of: London Bridge Is Falling Down (nursery rhyme) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 502)	Charles Seeger		1:06
4	Risselty Rosselty vocals: Charles Seeger and Ruth Crawford Seeger recording of: Risselty Rosselty lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)	Charles & Ruth Crawford Seeger		1:08
5	Old Grey Mare vocals: Ruth Crawford Seeger recording of: Once I Had an Old Grey Mare	Ruth Crawford Seeger		0:37
6	Hands vocals: Charles Seeger	Charles Seeger		2:42
7	Ragged Hungry Blues, Part 1	Aunt Molly Jackson		2:36
8	Ragged Hungry Blues, Part 2	Aunt Molly Jackson		2:57
9	I’m Going to Organize, Baby Mine	Sarah Ogan Gunning		1:21
10	I Don’t Want Your Millions, Mister	Tillman Cadle		1:40
11	Raggedy, Raggedy	John Handcox		1:33
12	No More Mourning	John Handcox		1:07
13	Join the Union Tonight	John Handcox		0:45
14	We’re Going to Roll the Union On	John Handcox		1:01
15	There Is Mean Things Happening in This Land	John Handcox		0:48
16	Farmer’s Letter to the President	Bob Ferguson		2:59
17	Farm Relief Blues	Bob Miller		2:56
18	11 Cent Cotton, 40 Cent Meat	Bob's Boys		2:56
19	The Hootenanny Song	Miller’s Bullfrog Entertainers		3:14
20	Bank Failures	Bob Ferguson and His Scalawaggers		3:18
21	The Rich Man and the Poor Man recording of: Rich Man and the Poor Man lyricist and composer: Bob Miller (songwriter, producer) and Jack Stanley (songwriter)	Bob Miller		2:59
22	The Poor Forgotten Man	Bill Palmer		2:45
23	The Soup Song	The New Singers		2:35
24	The Internationale	The New Singers		2:15
25	Rise Up (Comintern)	The New Singers		2:24
26	United Front	The New Singers		1:55
27	Forward, We’ve Not Forgotten	The New Singers		2:12
28	In Praise of Learning	The New Singers		1:46
29	On the Picket Line	The Manhattan Chorus		2:56
30	Hold the Fort recording of: Hold the Fort (traditional labor song) lyricist: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1774) version of: Hold the Fort	The Manhattan Chorus		3:05
31	Casey Jones recording of: Casey Jones—the Union Scab lyricist: Joe Hill (early 1900s US songwriter) (in 1911) parody version of: The Ballad of Casey Jones	The Manhattan Chorus		3:01
32	Sit Down	The Manhattan Chorus		1:56
33	Write Me Out My Union Card	The Manhattan Chorus		1:32
34	We Shall Not Be Moved	The Manhattan Chorus		1:42
35	Join the Union	The Manhattan Chorus		1:47
36	Solidarity Forever cover recording of: Solidarity Forever lyricist: Ralph Chaplin (from 1914 until 1915-01-15) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15158) is based on: John Brown’s Body	The Manhattan Chorus		2:46

▼ CD 2: Theatre and Cabaret Performers 1936–1941
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	The Strange Funeral in Braddock	Mordecai Bauman & Elie Siegmeister		7:08
2	Abraham Lincoln, Parts 1 & 2	Earl Robinson		5:18
3	Joe Hill	Earl Robinson		2:32
4	Spring Song	Paul Robeson		3:36
5	The Old Chisholm Trail	Tony Kraber		2:59
6	Old Paint (The Horse With the Union Label)	Saul Aarons		3:07
7	Capitalistic Boss, Parts 1 & 2	Saul Aarons		6:58
8	Little Theater on the Right	Harrison Dowd		2:29
9	Little Theater on the Left	Harrison Dowd		2:42
10	Nine Foot Shovel	Josh White		2:40
11	Chain Gang Boun’	Josh White		2:59
12	Trouble bass: Bill White (brother of blues singer Josh White) guitar: Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter) vocals: Sam Gary, Bill White (brother of blues singer Josh White) and Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)	Josh White		3:19
13	Goin’ Home Boys	Josh White		2:52
14	Cryin’ Who? Cryin’ You! Parts 1 & 2	Josh White		5:44
15	Told My Captain	Josh White		3:17
16	Jerry	Josh White		2:45
17	Southern Exposure	Josh White		3:06
18	Uncle Sam Says guitar: Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter) vocals: Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)	Josh White		2:39
19	Jim Crow Train	Josh White		3:03
20	Bad Housing Blues guitar: Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter) vocals: Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)	Josh White		2:33
21	Hard Time Blues	Josh White		2:43
22	Defense Factory Blues	Josh White		2:41

▼ CD 3: The Almanac Singers: March 1941 – April 1941
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Strange Death of John Doe	The Almanac Singers		1:24
2	Billy Boy	The Almanac Singers		2:17
3	C for Conscription	The Almanac Singers		1:29
4	Washington Breakdown	The Almanac Singers		1:28
5	Lisa Jane	The Almanac Singers		2:39
6	Ballad of October 16th	The Almanac Singers		2:42
7	Plow Under	The Almanac Singers		2:21
8	Talking Union	The Almanac Singers		2:57
9	Union Train	The Almanac Singers		2:18
10	Which Side Are You On?	The Almanac Singers		2:05
11	Get Thee Behind Me, Satan	The Almanac Singers		2:34
12	Union Maid recording of: Union Maid lyricist: Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940) composer: Kerry Mills is based on: Red Wing	The Almanac Singers		2:09
13	All I Want	The Almanac Singers		2:57
14	Songs for Bridges	The Almanac Singers		3:06
15	Babe o’ Mine	Woody Guthrie		2:43
16	Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho	The Almanac Singers		2:43
17	Haul Away, Joe	The Almanac Singers		3:12
18	Blow the Man Down recording of: Blow the Man Down lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2624)	The Almanac Singers		2:32
19	The Golden Vanity	The Almanac Singers		3:02
20	Away, Rio recording of: Rio Grande (Roud 317) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 317)	The Almanac Singers		2:21
21	The Coast of High Barbary	The Almanac Singers		2:30
22	Greenland Fishing	The Almanac Singers		2:49
23	The Dodger Song	The Almanac Singers		2:35
24	Ground Hog	The Almanac Singers		2:36
25	State of Arkansas	The Almanac Singers		2:43
26	Hard, Ain’t It Hard	The Almanac Singers		2:33
27	I Ride an Old Paint	The Almanac Singers		2:33
28	House of the Rising Sun	The Almanac Singers		2:53
29	The Weaver’s Song	The Almanac Singers		2:37

▶ CD 4: Fighting the Fascists: 1942–1944

▶ CD 5: World War II and the Folk Revival

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

▶ CD 7: Pete Seeger: 1946–1948

▶ CD 8: Charter Records: 1946–1949

▶ CD 9: Campaign Songs: 1944–1949

▶ CD 10: An Era Closes: 1949–1953

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