Compilation
Songs for Political Action
1996

CD 1: The Leftist Roots of the Folk Revival
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 The Boll Weevil 2:38
2 Patriotic Diggers 2:22
3 London's Bridge Is Falling Down 1:06
4 Risselty Rosselty 1:08
5 Old Grey Mare 0:37
6 Hands 2:42
7 Ragged Hungry Blues, Part 1 2:36
8 Ragged Hungry Blues, Part 2 2:57
9 I'm Going to Organize, Baby Mine 1:21
10 I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister 1:40
11 Raggedy, Raggedy 1:33
12 No More Mourning 1:07
13 Join the Union Tonight 0:45
14 We're Going to Roll the Union On 1:01
15 There Is Mean Things Happening in This Land 0:48
16 Farmer's Letter to the President 2:59
17 Farm Relief Blues 2:56
18 11 Cent Cotton, 40 Cent Meat 2:56
19 The Hootenanny Song 3:14
20 Bank Failures 3:18
21 The Rich Man and the Poor Man 2:59
22 The Poor Forgotten Man 2:45
23 The Soup Song 2:35
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 1:56
33 Write Me Out My Union Card 1:32
34 We Shall Not Be Moved 1:42
35 Join the Union 1:47
36 Solidarity Forever 2:46
Total time 77:22
CD 2: Theatre and Cabaret Performers 1936-1941
#    Title    Time    Info  
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
Total time 77:10
CD 3: The Almanac Singers: March 1941 - April 1941
#    Title    Time    Info  
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
Total time 72:48
CD 4: Fighting the Fascists: 1942-1944
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Dear Mr. President 2:51
2 Belt Line Girl 2:21
3 Round and Round Hitler's Grave 2:51
4 Side by Side 2:35
5 Deliver the Goods 2:27
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 2:48
16 Spanish Marching Song 2:39
17 Cook House / The Young Man From Alcala 2:39
18 Quinte Regimento 2:20
19 Quarter Master Song 2:04
20 Little Man on a Fence 2:33
21 Jim Crow 2:50
22 You Better Get Ready 2:32
23 Hold the Fort / We Shall Not Be Moved 3:02
24 U.A.W. - C.I.O. 2:07
25 Hold On 2:15
26 Solidarity Forever 2:54
27 Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore 2:48
Total time 71:05
CD 5: World War II and the Folk Revival
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Horace Greeley 3:07
2 Kevin Barry 2:44
3 The House I Live In 3:08
4 A Man's a Man for a'That 2:25
5 Drill Ye Tarriers Drill 2:45
6 The Frozen Logger 2:32
7 Jefferson and Liberty 2:44
8 Sweet Betsy From Pike / Dirty Miner 3:08
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. 2:37
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 2:19
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 2:26
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 3:04
28 Freedom Road 2:18
Total time 78:09
CD 6: The People's Songs Era: 1945-1949
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Landlord 0:00
2 Johnny Has Gone for a Solider 0:00
3 Beloved Comrade 0:00
4 The Man Who Couldn't Walk Around 0:00
5 I'm the Guy 0:00
6 Little Man Sitting on a Fence 0:00
7 When the Country Is Broke 0:00
8 Money in the Pocket 0:00
9 Our Fight Is Yours 0:00
10 Moses Green 0:00
11 The Rankin Tree 0:00
12 Talking Bilbo 0:00
13 This Old World 0:00
14 No. 1 Stooge 0:00
15 Song of My Hands 0:00
16 Mad as I Can Be 0:00
17 Jackie Robinson 0:00
18 High Price Blues 0:00
19 Black, Brown, and White 0:00
20 Nix on Mundt/Nixon 0:00
21 The Daily Worker's Song 0:00
22 Taft-Hartley Blues 0:00
23 Parnell Thomas Blues 0:00
24 Turn Me Loose 0:00
25 Snowball 0:00
26 Swingin' on a Scab 0:00
27 On to Sacramento 0:00
28 Atomic Talking Blues 0:00
29 Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People 0:00
30 Passing Through 0:00
Total time 0:00
CD 7: Pete Seeger: 1946-1948
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Listen Mr. Bilbo 0:00
2 Joe Hill 0:00
3 O.P.A. Shout 0:00
4 Voting Union 0:00
5 Get Out the Vote 0:00
6 A Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore 0:00
7 A Dollar for P.A.C. 0:00
8 Oh, What Congress Done to Me 0:00
9 Four P.A.C. Nursery Rhymes 0:00
10 D.D.T. 0:00
11 Fare Ye Well, Bad Congressman 0:00
12 No, No, No Discrimination 0:00
13 Voter, Oh Voter 0:00
14 Intro: Commonwealth of Toil 0:00
15 We've Got Our Eyes on You 0:00
16 Talking Union 0:00
17 The Preacher and the Slave 0:00
18 Which Side Are You On? 0:00
19 Solidarity Forever 0:00
20 The Whole Wide World Around 0:00
21 Hold the Fort / Conclusion 0:00
22 Talking P.A.C. 0:00
23 Conversation With a Mule 0:00
24 The Farmer Is the Man 0:00
25 Join the Farmer's Union 0:00
26 Talking Atom 0:00
27 Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People 0:00
28 Skillet Good and Greasy 0:00
29 T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) 0:00
30 Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase 0:00
Total time 0:00
CD 8: Charter Records: 1946-1949
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 Walk in Peace, Part 1 0:00
2 Walk in Peace, Part 2 0:00
3 Atomic Energy 0:00
4 Old Lady With a Rolling Pin 0:00
5 Red Boogie 0:00
6 Unity Rhumba 0:00
7 Elephant and the Ass 0:00
8 Hungry Rhapsody 0:00
9 Housing 0:00
10 Ballad of F.D.R. 0:00
11 Jim Crow 0:00
12 Mein Shtelele Belz 0:00
13 Zhonkoye 0:00
14 Travelin' 0:00
15 Black, Brown and White Blues 0:00
16 The Death of Harry Simms 0:00
17 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues 0:00
18 No Irish Need Apply 2:26
19 Unemployment Compensation Blues 0:00
20 The Fireship 0:00
21 Johnny, I Hardly Knew You 0:00
22 The Peekskill Story, Parts 1 & 2 0:00
23 Wasn't That a Time 0:00
24 Dig My Grave 0:00
25 Freight Train Blues 0:00
26 Love Song Blues 0:00
27 If I Had a Hammer 0:00
Total time 2:26
CD 9: Campaign Songs: 1944-1949
#    Title    Time    Info  
1 We're Keeping Score '44 3:34
2 No More Blues 0:60
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 2:38
7 Round and Round the Canneries 2:18
8 My Name Is Cannery Bill 3:01
9 The Bosses' Gang 2:27
10 Bye, Bye Bosses 2:35
11 New Walls of Jericho (Wallace Fit the Battle of America) 2:40
12 Henry Wallace Is the Man 2:55
13 Corrido to Wallace and Taylor 1:36
14 Second Corrido to Wallace and Taylor 1:22
15 Battle Hymn of '48 1:39
16 Same Old Merry Go-Round 1:45
17 I've Got a Ballot 1:33
18 Great Day 1:29
19 Wallace Button / Goodbye, Harry 1:49
20 Henry Wallace 4:13
21 We Can Win With Wallace 1:23
22 Work With Wallace 2:45
23 Century of the Common Man 1:47
24 Wallace Is the Man for Me 2:09
25 Yankee Doodle, Tell the Boss 2:48
26 Intro: New York City 2:37
27 Marcantaonio for Me 1:03
28 Skip to the Polls 1:12
29 Marc Antonio for Mayor 1:03
30 Now, Right Now 3:03
31 We Shall Not Be Moved 1:03
32 Oh, Freedom 2:46
33 Ben Davis 2:60
34 M.T.A. 2:31
35 People's Choice 1:17
36 Keep a-Goin' and a-Growin' 1:44
Total time 79:13
CD 10: An Era Closes: 1949-1953
#    Title    Time    Info  
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
Total time 75:52



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