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American Industrial Ballads

Pete Seeger
American Industrial Ballads Songs of struggle which emerged from the coal mines, textile mills and acres of farmland, and spoke of issues important to the American laborer. Twenty-four songs written about the unprecedented industrialization of the 19th century, including Peg and Awl, The Farmer is the Man, and Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. Irwin Silber's notes provide a history of labor folk song and its role in American popular music. "Seeger's straightforward, sincere singing is accompanied by sparse, effective banjo and guitar...an important reissue." — Sing Out

Track Listing

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Peg and Awl Pete Seeger 02:29
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The Blind Fiddler Pete Seeger 01:17
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Buffalo Skinners Pete Seeger 02:44
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Eight-Hour Day Pete Seeger 01:00
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Hard Times in the Mill Pete Seeger 02:16
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Roll Down the Line Pete Seeger 03:15
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A Hayseed Like Me Pete Seeger 01:16
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The Farmer is the Man (Who Feeds Us All) Pete Seeger 01:43
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Come All You Hardy Miners Pete Seeger 02:00
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He Lies in the American Land Pete Seeger 02:01
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Casey Jones (The Union Scab) Pete Seeger 02:20
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Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine Pete Seeger 03:41
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Cotton Mill Colic Pete Seeger 01:41
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Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat Pete Seeger 01:58
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Mill Mother's Lament Pete Seeger 01:37
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Fare Ye Well, Old Ely Branch Pete Seeger 02:11
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Beans, Bacon, and Gravy Pete Seeger 02:56
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The Death of Harry Simms Pete Seeger 02:14
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Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues Pete Seeger 01:09
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The Ballad of Barney Graham Pete Seeger 01:48
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My Children are Seven in Number Pete Seeger 03:59
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Raggedy Pete Seeger 02:32
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Pittsburgh Town Pete Seeger 01:30
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Sixty Percent Pete Seeger 01:00