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American History in Ballad and Song, Vol.2

Various Artists
American History in Ballad and Song, Vol.2

Originally intended as a teaching aid for senior high school social studies and covering a broad scope of civic, government, economic, citizenship and immigration issues, this compilation provides a provocative mid-century impression of America culled from witnesses to the first half of the twentieth century. We are treated to songs from Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds; speeches from Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Williams Jennings Bryan; so-called "brag talk" by cowboys; and pronouncement of an oath of loyalty by Chief John Oberly of the "Osage Tribe of Indians" affirming that he will not conspire with any political parties to overthrow the US government.

Track Listing

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Skada In America Gene Bluestein 02:13  
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Brag Talk Harry Jackson 01:34  
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Immigrant Worker Michael Quill 00:45  
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He Lies in The American Land Pete Seeger 01:59  
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German-American Loyalty James W. Gerard 02:49  
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American Indian Loyalty Oath John Oberly 01:03  
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107
Two Good Men Woody Guthrie 03:15  
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Ballad of Sherman Wu Pete Seeger 02:07  
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Immortality Williams Jennings Bryan 02:09  
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The Lord's Prayer Dora Bliggen 02:06  
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F.D.R's Back Again The New Lost City Ramblers 02:20  
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Then And Now Oscar Brand 02:45  
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Puerto Ricans in New York Tony Schwartz 02:43  
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Roll On Columbia Pete Seeger 03:35  
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Conestoga Wagoner's Complaint Vivien Richman 01:46  
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Trusts William Howard Taft 01:54  
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Banks of Marble Pete Seeger 03:11  
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The Farmer Theodore Roosevelt 01:35  
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The Farmer Is the Man (Who Feeds Us All) Gene Bluestein 01:37  
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One-Third of a Nation Franklin D. Roosevelt 01:56  
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Pastures of Plenty Woody Guthrie 02:07  
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Labor Strife Aunt Molly Jackson 04:48  
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Ludlow Massacre Woody Guthrie 03:28  
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Money, Money, Money Tony Schwartz 01:42  
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Too Old to Work John Greenway 02:04  
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Corruption Dave Beck 00:32  
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Teacher's Blues Pete Seeger 02:16  
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The Taxation Tyranny Elizabeth Knight 01:42  
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Van Buren Oscar Brand 00:44  
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The Political Smear William O'Dwyer 03:04  
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If He’s Good Enough for Lindy Oscar Brand 02:00  
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I'm a Migrant Will Geer 00:51  
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Keep Moving The New Lost City Ramblers 02:12  
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Too Many Bookmakers Frank Costello 01:43  
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The Delinquent Malvina Reynolds 04:12  
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Let's Move It Frederic Ramsey, Jr. 01:22  
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The Negro Voter Martin Luther King, Jr. 00:25  
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Desegregation at Little Rock Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus 00:42  
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The State of Arkansas Pete Seeger 02:01  
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The Supreme Court Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus 01:14  
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The Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan The Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan 00:18  
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They Go Wild over Me The Freedom Riders 01:42  
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First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments William Mandel 02:51  
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The Communist 11 Vito Marcantonio 00:54  
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Land of the Daily Worker Joe Glazer 00:58  
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Landing of the A.E.F General John Pershing 01:32  
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Let's Bury the Hatchet A male singer and accompanying band 00:55  
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The Spanish Civil War Ernest Hemingway 01:47  
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Valley of Jarama (Jarama Valley) Woody Guthrie 02:54  
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Isolationism (1) Charles A. Lindberg 01:09  
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Quarantine Speech Franklin D. Roosevelt 02:01  
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The Sinking of the Reuben James Woody Guthrie 02:54  
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The League of Nations Franklin D. Roosevelt 01:15  
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The United Nations Franklin D. Roosevelt 01:21  
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The Marshall Plan George C. Marshall 00:44  
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Isolationism (2) Robert A. Taft 01:09  
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The Red Issue Henry Wallace 02:13  
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Little Joe the Rustler Joe Glazer 02:26  
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The Baruch Plan Bernard Baruch 00:27  
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Strontium 90 Fred and Betty Dallas 02:50  
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Nuclear Control John F. Kennedy 00:45  
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Doomsday Blues Fred Dallas 02:47  
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Inagural Address John F. Kennedy 02:12  
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Then We'll Have Peace Pete Seeger 01:52