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M
MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
(trad./
THE STANLEY BROTHERS
) (1950s)
MAN ON THE STREET
(
BOB DYLAN
) (1961)
MARIAN PARKER
(VERSION #1)
(VERSION #2)
(1920s)
MARTIN WELCH AND STUART
(FRAGMENT) (
JOE HILL
) (c. 1912)
MEDGAR EVERS LULLABY
(RICHARD WEISSMAN) (1963-'64)
MEAN TALKING BLUES
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1940s)
MINER'S LIFEGUARD
(aka A MINER'S LIFE) (trad.) (1900-1910)
MISS PAVILICHENKO
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1940s)
MONEY IN THE POCKET
(BOB RUSSELL/CARL SIGMAN) (1946)
MR. BLOCK
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
MRS. CLARA SULLIVAN'S LETTER
(MALVINA REYNOLDS/PETE SEEGER) (1963)
MUIRSHEEN DURKIN
(trad.) (1800s)
MY CHILDREN ARE SEVEN IN NUMBER
(trad.) (1933)
MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THY PEOPLE YOU'RE DYING
(
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE
) (early 1960s)
MY DREAMLAND GIRL
(
JOE HILL
) (c. 1914)
MYSTERIES OF A HOBO'S LIFE
(THE JOB I LEFT BEHIND ME) (T-BONE SLIM) (1910s)
N
NEARER MY JOB TO THEE
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
1913 MASSACRE
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (c. 1944)
NO CHRISTMAS IN KENTUCKY
(
PHIL OCHS
) (1963-'64)
NO DEPRESSION (IN HEAVEN)
(A. P. CARTER) (1936)
NO MAN'S LAND
(
ERIC BOGLE
) (1976)
NO, JOHN, NO
(AUTHOR UNKNOWN) (1940s)
NO VACANCY
(
MERLE TRAVIS
) (1946)
NOW THAT THE BUFFALO'S GONE
(
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE
)
O
OFF TO WAR I'M GOING
(trad./CAROLINA TWINS) (1928)
OH, PLEASE LET ME DANCE THIS WALTZ WITH YOU
(
JOE HILL
) (1914)
OKLAHOMA HILLS
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
& JACK GUTHRIE) (1937)
THE OLD AGE PENSION CHECK
(ROY ACUFF) (1939)
OLD DOLLAR ALARM CLOCK
(JOHN HEALY) (1910s)
OLD JUDGE THAYER
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1945-'46)
OLD MAN ATOM
(VERN PARTLOW) (1945)
OLD ROSIN THE BEAU
(trad.) (1830s)
OLD SOUTHERN TOWN
(
SARAH OGAN GUNNING
) (1930s)
THE OLD TOILER'S MESSAGE
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
OMIE WISE
(1800s)
(VERSION #1)
(VERSION #2)
ON THE ROAD TO TOKIO
(trad./
ALMANAC SINGERS
) (1942)
ONLY A MINER KILLED
(JOHN WALLACE CRAWFORD) (1879)
ONLY A PAWN IN THEIR GAME
(
BOB DYLAN
) (1963)
OTTO WOOD, THE BANDIT
(WALTER "KID" SMITH) (1931)
OUR CAUSE IS MARCHING ON
(DAVIE ROBB) (1913)
OUR FIGHT IS YOURS
(
TOM GLAZER
) (1946
P
PANS OF BISCUITS
(1880s)
PAPER HEART
(SI KAHN) (1976)
THE PEEKSKILL STORY
(MARIO CASETTA) (1949)
PHIL
(
TOM PAXTON
) (1978)
PHILADELPHIA LAWYER
(aka RENO BLUES) (
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1937)
PLOW UNDER
(LEE HAYS/PETE SEEGER) (1941)
THE POET'S CRY
(LEN WALLACE)
THE POOR FORGOTTEN MAN
(
BOB MILLER
) (1932)
POOR MAN, RICH MAN
(COTTON MILL COLIC No. 2) (
DAVE McCARN
) (1930)
POOR MINER'S FAREWELL
(
AUNT MOLLY JACKSON
) (1932)
THE POPULAR WOBBLY
(T-BONE SLIM) (1920)
PRAYER FOR PEACE
(IAN BOYDEN/RALPH DALE) (1967)
THE PREACHER AND THE SLAVE
(
JOE HILL
) (1911)
THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION
(EDNA DEAN PROCTOR/WILLIAM STEFFE) (c. 1863)
PRETTY BOY FLOYD
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (Mar 1939)
THE PRISONER'S SONG
(© GUY MASSEY) (1924)
R
RAGGED HUNGRY BLUES, Parts 1 & 2
(
AUNT MOLLY JACKSON
) (1930-'31)
RALLY FOR OLD ABE
(ANONYMOUS) (1864)
RALLY ROUND THE CAUSE, BOYS
(ANONYMOUS) (1864)
THE REBEL'S TOAST
(POEM) (
JOE HILL
) (1914)
THE REBEL GIRL
(
JOE HILL
) (1914-1915)
THE RECKLESS HOBO
(RICHARD D. BURNETT) (c. 1913)
RECKLESS TALK
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1940s)
THE RED FLAG
(JIM CONNELL) (1889)
RED WINE
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1945-'46)
RED WING
(THURLAND CHATTAWAY/KERRY MILLS) (1907)
REUBEN JAMES
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
with the
ALMANAC SINGERS
) (1941-'42)
THE RICH MAN AND THE POOR MAN
(
BOB MILLER
) (1932)
THE RIFLEMEN'S SONG AT BENNINGTON
(trad.) (1770s)
THE RIFLES
(trad./AGNES "SIS" CUNNINGHAM) (1942)
A RIPPING TRIP
(trad.) (1840s-'50s)
RIVERS OF THE BLOOD
(
PHIL OCHS
) (c. 1963)
ROOT HOG AND DIE
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1945-'46)
ROUND AND ROUND HITLER'S GRAVE
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
/
MILLARD LAMPELL
/PETE SEEGER) (1942)
S
SACCO'S LETTER TO HIS SON
(PETE SEEGER) (1927/1950s)
SACRAMENTO
(trad.) (1840s-'50s)
SALLY, DON'T YOU GRIEVE
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1944)
SCISSOR BILL
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
THE SENECAS (AS LONG AS THE GRASS SHALL GROW)
(
PETER LAFARGE
)
SERVES THEM FINE
(COTTON MILL COLIC No. 3) (
DAVE McCARN
) (1931)
SHINE
(VARIANT #1) (ANONYMOUS TOAST) (no date given)
SHINE
(VARIANT #2) (ANONYMOUS TOAST) (1970)
SHINE
(VARIANT #3) (ANONYMOUS TOAST) (1974)
SHOULD I EVER BE A SOLDIER
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
SIDE BY SIDE
(ARTHUR STERN) (1942)
THE SIOUX INDIANS
(trad.) (1800s)
SIXTEEN TONS
(GEORGE DAVIS) (1930s?)
SIXTEEN TONS
(
MERLE TRAVIS
) (1946)
SKOOKUM RYAN THE WALKING BOSS
(FRAGMENT) (
JOE HILL
) (c. 1912)
THE SOLDIER'S SWEETHEART
(JIMMIE RODGERS) (1927)
SO LONG, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YOU
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1942)
SOLIDARITY FOREVER
(RALPH CHAPLIN) (1915)
SONG FOR BRIDGES
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
/LEE HAYS/PETE SEEGER) (1941)
SONG TO WOODY
(
BOB DYLAN
) (1961)
SPANISH IS THE LOVING TONGUE
(CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR.) (1915)
STAND UP! YE WORKERS
(ETHEL COMER) (1920s)
STATE OF ARKANSAS
(trad./
ALMANAC SINGERS
) (1941)
THE STRANGE DEATH OF JOHN DOE
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
) (1941)
STRAFE THE TOWN AND KILL THE PEOPLE
(1950s/'60s)
STRANGE FRUIT
(LEWIS ALLEN/ELEONORA FAGAN/SONNY WHITE) (1940)
STUNG RIGHT
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
SUASSOS LANE
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1945-'46)
T
TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY
(
FELICE & BOUDLEAUX BRYANT
) (1950s) (as performed by
BOB DYLAN
, 1969)
TALKING ATOM
(VERN PARTLOW) (1945)
TALKING BEAR MOUNTAIN PICNIC MASSACRE BLUES
(
BOB DYLAN
; McKenzie manuscript) (1961)
TALKING BIRMINGHAM JAM
(
PHIL OCHS
) (1963)
TALKIN' DEVIL
(
BOB DYLAN
) (1963)
TALKING DUST BOWL
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1930s)
TALKING HUGH BROWN
(
BOB DYLAN
) (1961)
TALKING INFLATION BLUES
(
TOM GLAZER
) (1946)
TALKING NEW YORK
(
BOB DYLAN
) (1961)
TALKING SAILOR
(
WOODY GUTHRIE) (1944)
TALKING SUBWAY
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (c. early 1940s)
TALKING UN-AMERICAN BLUES
(IRWIN SILBER/BETTY SANDERS) (1952)
TALKING UNION
(
MILLARD LAMPELL
/LEE HAYS/PETE SEEGER) (1941)
TA-RA-RA BOOM DE-AY
(
JOE HILL
) (c. 1914)
TEHRAN AND ROOSEVELT
(trad./AGNES "SIS" CUNNINGHAM) (1942)
TENTING TONIGHT ON THE OLD CAMP GROUND
(WALTER C. KITTREDGE) (1863)
THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER
(STEPHEN FOSTER) (1862)
THAT 25 CENTS THAT YOU PAID
(
SARAH OGAN GUNNING
) (1960s)
THAT LITTLE LUMP OF COAL
(J. N. YORK) (1936)
THERE'LL BE NO DISTINCTION THERE
(BLIND ALFRED REED) (1929)
THERE'S A STAR-SPANGLED BANNER WAVING SOMEWHERE
(BOB MILLER as "SHELBY DARNELL"/PAUL ROBERTS) (1942)
THERE IS POWER IN A UNION
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
THESE HANDS
(EDDIE NOACK) (1955)
THEY GO WILD OVER ME
(CANDIE ANDERSON-CARAWAN) (1960)
THEY'RE EITHER TOO YOUNG OR TOO OLD
(FRANK LOESSER/ARTHUR SCHWARTZ) (1943)
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (MANUSCRIPT, 1940)
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (ALTERNATE LYRICS, 1952)
THOUSANDS ARE SAILING TO AMERIKAY
(trad./Andy Irvine) (1800s or 1900s)
DE TITANIC
(trad./BESSIE ZABAN/C. H. CURRIE/CARL SANDBURG) (1927)
THE TITANIC
(HUDDIE LEDBETTER) (1912?)
THE TITANIC
(trad./EARVEN ANGLIN) (1951)
THE TITANIC
(IT WAS SAD WHEN THAT GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN) (as printed in D. T. CAIN, Songs for Revival Services) (no publisher, no date)
THE TITANIC
(IT WAS SAD WHEN THAT GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN) (as recorded by VERNON DALHART) (1920s)
THE TITANIC
(SETH NEWTON MIZE/MRS. JAMES K. NASH) (1951)
THE TITANIC
(WASN'T IT SAD WHEN THAT GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN) (as recorded by LESLEY RIDDLE) (1960s-'70s)
THE TITANTIC
[sic] (trad./LULA DAVIS) (1951)
TOM DOOLEY
(trad./KINGSTON TRIO) (1800s)
TOM JOAD
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1940)
TOO MANY MARTYRS
(aka BALLAD OF MEDGAR EVERS) (
PHIL OCHS
) (1963)
TRAIN OF LOVE
(JOHNNY CASH) (1956)
THE TRAIN THAT CARRIED MY GIRL FROM TOWN
(trad./FRANK HUTCHISON) (1926)
TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP!
(GEORGE F. ROOT) (1860s)
THE TRAMP
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
TRIBUTE TO WOODY GUTHRIE
(BOBBY BARNETT/MELINDA ANN) (1980s)
TROUBLED AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
(
BOB DYLAN
) (1963)
TWENTY-ONE YEARS
(
BOB MILLER
) (1930)
TWO GOOD MEN
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1945-'46)
THE TWO SOLDIERS
(aka THE LAST FIERCE CHARGE) (trad.) (1800s)
U
UAW-CIO
(BESS AND BALDWIN HAWES/
ALMANAC SINGERS
) (1942)
UND ALLE TAG' DIESELBE PLAG'
(trad.) (late 1700s; collected in 1829)
THE UNION MAID
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
, 1940; last verse:
MILLARD LAMPELL
, 1941)
UNION TRAIN
(LEE HAYS) (1941)
V
THE VACANT CHAIR
(HENRY J. WASHBURN/GEORGE F. ROOT) (1861)
VANZETTI'S LETTER
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1945-'46)
VANZETTI'S ROCK
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1945-'46)
VD BLUES
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1940s; as performed by
BOB DYLAN
, 1961)
VD GUNNER'S BLUES (LANDLADY)
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1940s; as performed by
BOB DYLAN
, 1961)
VD SEAMAN'S LAST LETTER
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1940s; from
BOB DYLAN
's McKenzie manuscripts, 1961)
VD WALTZ
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1940s; as performed by
BOB DYLAN
, 1961)
VIGILANTE MAN
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1930s)
W
WAS MY BROTHER IN THE BATTLE?
(STEPHEN FOSTER) (1862)
WASHINGTON BREAKDOWN
(PETE SEEGER/LEE HAYS) (1941)
WAY, RIO
(trad./
ALMANAC SINGERS
) (1941)
WE'RE BOUND FOR SAN DIEGO
(ANONYMOUS) (1912)
WE'RE COMING, COLORADO
(FRANK J. HAYES) (1913)
WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM
(JAMES SLOAN GIBBONS/STEPHEN FOSTER) (1862)
WEAVE ROOM BLUES
(
DORSEY DIXON
) (1932)
THE WEAVER'S SONG
(trad.) (late 1800s-1900s)
WEAVERY LIFE
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (prob. 1940s)
WE WELCOME TO HEAVEN
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1945-'46)
WE WILL SING ONE SONG
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
WE WON'T BUILD NO MORE RAILROADS FOR OVERALLS AND SNUFF
(FRAGMENT) (
JOE HILL
) (c. 1912)
WHAT WE WANT
(
JOE HILL
) (1913)
WHEN THE COUNTRY IS BROKE
(
TOM GLAZER
) (1946)
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE
(PETE SEEGER/JOE HICKERSON) (1956-1960)
WHERE THE FRASER RIVER FLOWS
(
Joe Hill
) (1912)
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
(FLORENCE REECE) (1930s)
WHITE HOUSE BLUES
(PARODY) (1932-'33)
THE WHITE SLAVE
(
JOE HILL
) (1912)
WILLIE HAS GONE TO THE WAR
(STEPHEN FOSTER) (1863)
WILLIE McBRIDE'S REPLY
(STEPHEN L. SUFFET's reply to
ERIC BOGLE
's "
NO MAN'S LAND
") (1997)
WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE
(
BOB DYLAN
) (1963/1980s?)
WORKERS OF THE WORLD, AWAKEN
(
JOE HILL
) (c. 1914)
WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY
(
DORSEY DIXON
) (1937)
Y
YOU SOULS OF BOSTON
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1945-'46)
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