Headlines and Footnotes: A Collection of Topical Songs

For nearly 60 years Pete Seeger, with his banjo and 12-string guitar, has made music which inspires people to improve their lives and world. Selections on this anthology, culled from the hundreds Seeger recorded for Folkways Records between 1955 and 1999, include concert and studio recordings about prominent events and themes of the twentieth century: the Spanish Civil War, union organizing, and the civil rights and antiwar movements. Eleven previously unreleased tracks (one recorded in 1999). 74 minutes.

AWARDS
2000 Crossroads Music Awards Silver Star for Folk: Traditional

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Track Listing

101	Peg and Awl Pete Seeger	02:28
102	The Titanic Pete Seeger	03:44
103	The Sinking of the Reuben James Pete Seeger	02:19
104	Listen, Mr. Bilbo Pete Seeger	02:03
105	Hold the Line Pete Seeger	04:37
106	Passing Through Pete Seeger	02:51
107	Coal Creek March / Pay Day at Coal Creek / Roll Down the Line Pete Seeger	06:41
108	I Come and Stand at Every Door Pete Seeger	02:27
109	Times A-Getting Hard Pete Seeger	02:23
110	Little Boxes Pete Seeger	01:54
111	From Way up Here Pete Seeger	02:42
112	The Battle of Maxton Field Pete Seeger	02:29
113	My Get up and Go Pete Seeger	02:34
114	The Bells of Rhymney Pete Seeger	05:38
115	Waist Deep in the Big Muddy Pete Seeger	02:59
116	Guantanamera Pete Seeger	05:53
117	There Once Was a Woman Who Swallowed a Lie Pete Seeger	03:33
118	Wasn't That a Time Pete Seeger	02:57
119	Viva La Quince Brigada Pete Seeger	03:05
120	Wimoweh Pete Seeger	02:20
121	English is Cuh-Ray-Zee (English is Crazy) Pete Seeger	03:42
122	Odds on Favorite Pete Seeger	01:51
123	A Little of This and That Pete Seeger	02:29