Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

Songs of the American labor movement over the 20th century called for just wages, dignity, and a fair shake. They voiced grievances, affirmed the value of the worker to society, and expressed hope for life in a more just world. Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways is a collage of these voices—champions of the movement, singing songs with a passion and love for their fellow workers that rings just as true today as it did then. Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joe Glazer, the Almanac Singers, and more chronicle the history of the American labor movement in stirring song.

LYRICS

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Track Listing

101	Joe Hill	Paul Robeson	03:01
102	Bread and Roses	Bobbie McGee	02:30
103	Casey Jones (The Union Scab)	Pete Seeger and the Almanac Singers	01:55
104	We Shall Not Be Moved / Roll the Union On	Joe Glazer	02:23
105	Roll the Union On	John Handcox	01:07
106	Cotton Mill Colic	Mike Seeger	02:38
107	The Mill Was Made of Marble	Joe Glazer	03:59
108	Aragon Mill	Peggy Seeger	03:09
109	Talking Union	Almanac Singers	03:02
110	1913 Massacre	Woody Guthrie	03:36
111	The Preacher and the Slave	Utah Phillips	02:19
112	Which Side Are You On? / Which Side Are You On?	Florence Reece / The Almanac Singers	02:35
113	Hold the Fort	Joe Uehlein	03:58
114	Union Maid	New Harmony Sisterhood Band	03:06
115	Too Old to Work	Joe Glazer	02:51
116	Black Lung	Hazel Dickens	03:22
117	Been Rolling So Long (Truck Driving Man)	Larry Penn	04:00
118	VDT	Tom Juravich	01:56
119	Automation	Joe Glazer	02:34
120	I’m Union and I’m Proud	Eddie Starr	02:57
121	I’m a Union Card	Kenny Winfree	02:27
122	Carpal Tunnel	John O'Connor	02:37
123	We Just Come to Work Here, We Don’t Come to Die	Anne Feeney	02:49
124	One Day More	Elaine Purkey	03:38
125	We Do the Work	Jon Fromer	02:41
126	De Colores	Baldemar Velasquez and Aguila Negra	02:59
127	Solidarity Forever	Joe Glazer	02:28