1920s & 1930s: THE DEPRESSION
& THE NEW DEAL
The Wall Street Crash ("Variety" Headline), Oct 30, 1929
ALL IN AND DOWN AND OUT BLUES
(UNCLE DAVE MACON) (1930s)
BABE O' MINE
(
SARAH OGAN GUNNING
/
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1930s/1941)
BABIES IN THE MILL
(
DORSEY DIXON
) (1960s)
BALLAD OF BARNEY GRAHAM
(DELLA MAE GRAHAM) (1933)
THE BALLAD OF PRETTY BOY FLOYD
(WAYNE KAMP/MARK VICKERY) (1975)
BLOWIN' DOWN THIS OLD DUSTY ROAD
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1960s)
BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
(E. Y. HARBURG/JAY GORNEY) (1932)
COTTON MILL COLIC
(DAVE McCARN) (1926)
DEATH OF THE BLUE EAGLE
(GEORGE DAVIS?) (1930s)
(IF YOU AIN'T GOT THE) DO RE MI
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1937)
DOWN ON THE PICKET LINE
(
SARAH OGAN GUNNING
) (1930s)
DREADFUL MEMORIES
(
SARAH OGAN GUNNING
) (1930s)
THE DREAM OF THE MINER'S CHILD
(ANDREW JENKINS/IRENE SPAIN) (1926)
DUST BOWL BLUES
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1930s)
DUST BOWL REFUGEE(S)
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1938)
DUST CAN'T KILL ME
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1938)
DUST PNEUMONIA BLUES
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1938)
DUSTY OLD DUST
(SO LONG, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YUH) (
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1935)
ELEVEN CENT COTTON, FORTY CENT MEAT
(
BOB MILLER
) (1932)
EXPLOSION IN THE FAIRMOUNT MINES
(BLIND ALFRED REED) (1927)
THE GREAT DUST STORM
(DUST STORM DISASTER) (
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1930s)
HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE?
(BLIND ALFRED REED) (1929)
I AIN'T GOT NO HOME
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1938)
I'M GOING TO ORGANIZE
(
SARAH OGAN GUNNING
)
(VERSION 1)
(VERSION 2)
(1930s)
I AM A GIRL OF CONSTANT SORROW
(
SARAH OGAN GUNNING
) (1930s)
I DON'T WANT YOUR MILLIONS, MISTER
(
JIM GARLAND
) (1930s) (as recorded by
THE ALMANAC SINGERS
, 1941)
I HATE THE COMPANY BOSSES
(I HATE THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM) (
SARAH OGAN GUNNING
) (1930s)
MARIAN PARKER
(VERSION #1)
(VERSION #2)
(1920s)
MY CHILDREN ARE SEVEN IN NUMBER
(trad.) (1933)
NO DEPRESSION (IN HEAVEN)
(A. P. CARTER) (1936)
THE OLD AGE PENSION CHECK
(ROY ACUFF) (1939)
OLD SOUTHERN TOWN
(
SARAH OGAN GUNNING
) (1930s)
OTTO WOOD, THE BANDIT
(WALTER "KID" SMITH) (1931)
THE POOR FORGOTTEN MAN
(
BOB MILLER
) (1932)
POOR MINER'S FAREWELL
(
AUNT MOLLY JACKSON
) (1932)
PRETTY BOY FLOYD
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (Mar 1939)
RAGGED HUNGRY BLUES, Parts 1 & 2
(
AUNT MOLLY JACKSON
) (1930-'31)
THE RICH MAN AND THE POOR MAN
(
BOB MILLER
) (1932)
SIXTEEN TONS
(GEORGE DAVIS) (1930s?)
TALKING DUST BOWL
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1930s)
THERE'LL BE NO DISTINCTION THERE
(BLIND ALFRED REED) (1929)
TOM JOAD
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1940)
VIGILANTE MAN
(
WOODY GUTHRIE
) (1930s)
WEAVE ROOM BLUES
(
DORSEY DIXON
(1932)
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
(FLORENCE REECE) (1930s) (as recorded by
THE ALMANAC SINGERS
, 1941)
WHITE HOUSE BLUES
(PARODY) (1932-'33)
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