THE SONGS OF THE ALMANAC SINGERS
THE ALMANAC SINGERS, 1942: BESS HAWES, PETE SEEGER, MILLARD LAMPELL, WOODY GUTHRIE, ARTHUR STERN, SIS CUNNINGHAM (from left to right)
SONGS
FOR JOHN DOE (Almanac Records Album 102), early May 1941
Pete Seeger, vocal/banjo; LEE HAYS, vocal;
MILLARD LAMPELL
, vocal; JOSH WHITE, vocal/guitar; SAM GARY, vocal
BALLAD OF OCTOBER 16th
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
) (1941)
BILLY BOY
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
) (1941)
'C' FOR CONSCRIPTION
(PETE SEEGER/
MILLARD LAMPELL
) (1941)
LIZA JANE
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
/PETE SEEGER) (1941)
PLOW UNDER
(PETE SEEGER/LEE HAYS) (1941)
THE STRANGE DEATH OF JOHN DOE
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
) (1941)
WASHINGTON BREAKDOWN
(PETE SEEGER/LEE HAYS) (1941)
TALKING
UNION (Keynote Album 106), Jul 1941
PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo; LEE HAYS, vocal;
MILLARD LAMPELL
, vocal; JOSH WHITE, guitar/vocal; SAM GARY, CAROL WHITE, BESS LOMAX HAWES, vocal
ALL I WANT
(JIM GARLAND) (1930s)
GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
/LEE HAYS/PETE SEEGER) (1941)
TALKING UNION
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
/LEE HAYS/PETE SEEGER) (1941)
THE UNION MAID
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
, 1940; last verse:
MILLARD LAMPELL
, 1941)
UNION TRAIN
(LEE HAYS) (1941)
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
(FLORENCE REECE) (1930s)
SONG FOR BRIDGES/BABE O' MINE
(Keynote K 304 A/B)
PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo; LEE HAYS, vocal;
MILLARD LAMPELL
, vocal;
WOODY GUTHRIE
, guitar/vocal/harmonica
SONG FOR BRIDGES
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
/LEE HAYS/PETE SEEGER) (1941)
BABE O' MINE
(SARAH OGAN GUNNING/
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1930s/1941)
DEEP
SEA CHANTEYS AND WHALING BALLADS
(General Album G-20), recorded July 7, 1941.
WOODY GUTHRIE
, guitar/harmonica/vocal; PETER HAWES, vocal/poss. guitar; LEE HAYS, vocal;
MILLARD LAMPELL
, vocal; PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo/recorder
BLOW THE MAN DOWN
(trad./Almanac Singers)
BLOW YE WINDS, HEIGH HO
(trad./Almanac Singers)
THE COAST OF HIGH BARBARY
(trad./Almanac Singers)
THE GOLDEN VANITY
(trad./Almanac Singers)
HAUL AWAY, JOE
(trad./Almanac Singers)
WAY, RIO
(trad./Almanac Singers)
PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED OUTTAKE, released 1996:
GREENLAND FISHING
(trad./Almanac Singers)
SOD
-BUSTER BALLADS
(General Album G-21), recorded July 7, 1941.
WOODY GUTHRIE
, guitar/harmonica/vocal; PETER HAWES, vocal/poss. guitar; LEE HAYS, vocal;
MILLARD LAMPELL
, vocal; PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo/recorder
THE DODGER SONG
(trad./Almanac Singers)
GROUND HOG
(trad./Almanac Singers)
HARD, AIN'T IT HARD
(trad./Woody Guthrie)
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
(trad./Almanac Singers)
I RIDE AN OLD PAINT
(trad./Almanac Singers)
STATE OF ARKANSAS
(trad./Almanac Singers)
PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED OUTTAKE, released 1996:
THE WEAVER'S SONG
(trad./Almanac Singers)
DEAR
MR. PRESIDENT (Keynote Album 111), 1942
AGNES 'SIS' CUNNINGHAM, accordion/vocal;
MILLARD LAMPELL
, vocal; BALDWIN 'BUTCH' HAWES, vocal/poss. guitar; BESS LOMAX HAWES, vocal/mandolin; PETE SEEGER, banjo/vocal; ARTHUR STERN, vocal; EARL ROBINSON, director
BELT LINE GIRL
(AGNES 'SIS' CUNNINGHAM)
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT
(PETE SEEGER)
DELIVER THE GOODS
(PETE SEEGER/BESS LOMAX HAWES)
REUBEN JAMES
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
/
MILLARD LAMPELL
/PETE SEEGER)
ROUND AND ROUND HITLER'S GRAVE
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
/
MILLARD LAMPELL
/PETE SEEGER)
SIDE BY SIDE
(ARTHUR STERN)
BOOMTOWN BILL/KEEP THAT OIL A-ROLLIN'
(Keynote 5000 A/B), Jun 1942
WOODY GUTHRIE, guitar/vocal/harmonica, PETE SEEGER, vocal/banjo; BALDWIN "BUTCH" HAWES, vocal; ARTHUR STERN, vocal
BOOMTOWN BILL
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
)
KEEP THAT OIL A-ROLLIN'
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
/BALDWIN HAWES)
ANTI-FASCIST SONGS OF THE ALMANAC SINGERS
(MIMEOGRAPHED SONGBOOK, c. 1942)
I'M ON MY WAY
(trad./
ALMANAC SINGERS
)
JIM CROW
(
ALMANAC SINGERS
)
ON THE ROAD TO TOKIO
(trad./
ALMANAC SINGERS
)
REUBEN JAMES
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
/
MILLARD LAMPELL
/PETE SEEGER)
THE RIFLES
(trad./AGNES "SIS" CUNNINGHAM)
ROUND AND ROUND HITLER'S GRAVE
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
/
MILLARD LAMPELL
/PETE SEEGER)
TEHRAN AND ROOSEVELT
(trad./AGNES "SIS" CUNNINGHAM)
UAW-CIO
(BESS AND BALDWIN HAWES/
ALMANAC SINGERS
)
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