Call of Freedom

During the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s, sixth-grade students at Woodmere Elementary School in Woodmere, NY, recorded a collection of freedom songs and readings from America and foreign lands. Among the tracks are the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome,” the American national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner,” a recitation of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the Free French Partisan song from World War II, and the “Finjan” (Israeli song of independence from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War). The liner notes, introduced by Folkways Records founder Moses Asch, provide song lyrics and the script of the dramatic readings.

Track Listing

101	We Shall Overcome	n/a	03:08
102	Oh Mary	n/a	03:33
103	No More Auction Block	n/a	01:43
104	The Gettysburg Address	n/a	04:35
105	Oh Freedom	n/a	01:26
106	The Ink is Black	n/a	02:18
107	We Shall Overcome	n/a	01:28
201	We Shall Overcome	n/a	01:39
202	Yankee Doodle	n/a	01:36
203	Wearing of the Green	n/a	01:56
204	Star Spangled Banner	n/a	01:40
205	Happiness Song (American Indian)	n/a	01:09
206	French Partisan Song (FFI)	n/a	01:29
207	Israeli War of Independence Song	n/a	02:36
208	Algerian Freedom Song (FLN)	n/a	02:15
209	Somalian Freedom Song, Alankan	n/a	01:53
210	Somalian Freedom Song, Dulkaga	n/a	02:36
211	Angola Freedom Song	n/a	01:00
212	Angola Soldiers Song	n/a	01:18