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Joe Glazer Sings Labor Songs II

Joe Glazer
Joe Glazer Sings Labor Songs II >Recorded between 1978 and 1996, Joe Glazer Sings Labor Songs II is a collection of 22 songs celebrating the trials and tribulations of the American working man and woman. Called “labor’s troubadour,” folksinger and social historian Joe Glazer spent his musical career singing songs in support of workers and unions. This collection includes traditional and contemporary labor songs and is a follow-on to Joe Glazer Sings Labor Songs (1986), also available from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally issued on the Collector Records label, this album contains brief liner notes about each of the 22 songs.

Track Listing

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Operating Engineer Joe Glazer 03:02
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Fight That Line Joe Glazer 02:55
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Dancing Boilerman Joe Glazer 03:08
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I Never Did It Joe Glazer 02:15
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I'm Union and Damn Proud of It Joe Glazer 02:33
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Taxi Song Joe Glazer 03:56
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Down at the Union Hall Joe Glazer 02:52
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To Labor Joe Glazer 02:33
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Truck Driver Man Joe Glazer 04:20
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Press Room Joe Glazer 02:53
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Babies in the Mill Joe Glazer 03:29
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Hospital Workers Joe Glazer 01:40
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Buffalo Creek Flood Joe Glazer 03:02
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Talking Import Blues Joe Glazer 02:33
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Union Card Joe Glazer 02:35
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VDT Joe Glazer 02:19
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Death of Mother Jones Joe Glazer 02:00
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Sixteen Tons Joe Glazer 02:10
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Pie in the Sky Joe Glazer 02:00
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The Right to Know Joe Glazer 02:55
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Talking Union Joe Glazer 03:05
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We Shall Overcome Joe Glazer 02:40