Songs from the Depression

In the traditional string band style, longtime Folkways recording artists The New Lost City Ramblers offer up 18 topical songs written by country singers during the dark days of the Great Depression. Many of the songs are from commercial recordings, mostly from the South, and field recordings made during the Farm Resettlement Program; they illustrate the economic and social depression that affected this area, often long after prosperity began to return to American's urban centers. Band members Tom Paley, John Cohen, and Mike Seeger contributed to the liner notes, which contain background information on the Great Depression as well as song lyrics.
Track Listing
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No Depression in Heaven | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:00 | |
102
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There'll Be No Distinction There | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:00 | |
103
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Breadline Blues | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:37 | |
104
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White House Blues | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:10 | |
105
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Franklin Roosevelt's Back Again | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:21 | |
106
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How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:35 | |
107
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Keep Moving | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:31 | |
108
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Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:14 | |
109
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Serves Them Fine | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:12 | |
201
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NRA Blues | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:02 | |
202
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Death of the Blue Eagle | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:10 | |
203
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Join the C.I.O. | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:43 | |
204
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Old Age Pension Check | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:19 | |
205
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Sales Tax on the Women | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:15 | |
206
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Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:13 | |
207
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Loveless C.C.C. | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:13 | |
208
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Boys, My Money's All Gone | The New Lost City Ramblers | 1:42 | |
209
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All I Got's Gone | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:10 |