Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW40166

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2006
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Joe Hill: Paul Robeson (3:01)
02 Bread and Roses: Bobbie McGee (2:30)
03 Casey Jones (The Union Scab): Pete Seeger and the Almanac Singers (1:55)
04 We Shall Not Be Moved / Roll the Union On: Joe Glazer (2:23)
05 Roll the Union On: John Handcox (1:07)
06 Cotton Mill Colic: Mike Seeger (2:38)
07 The Mill Was Made of Marble: Joe Glazer (3:59)
08 Aragon Mill: Peggy Seeger (3:09)
09 Talking Union: Almanac Singers (3:02)
10 1913 Massacre: Woody Guthrie (3:36)
11 The Preacher and the Slave: Utah Phillips (2:19)
12 Which Side are You On?: Florence Reece / The Almanac Singers (2:35)
13 Hold the Fort: Joe Uehlein (3:58)
14 Union Maid: New Harmony Sisterhood Band (3:06)
15 Too Old to Work: Joe Glazer (2:51)
16 Black Lung: Hazel Dickens (3:22)
17 Been Rolling So Long (Truck Driving Man): Larry Penn (4:00)
18 VDT: Tom Juravich (1:56)
19 Automation: Joe Glazer (2:34)
20 I’m Union and I’m Proud: Eddie Starr (2:57)
21 I’m a Union Card: Kenny Winfree (2:27)
22 Carpal Tunnel: John O'Connor (2:37)
23 We Just Come to Work Here, We Don’t Come to Die: Anne Feeney (2:49)
24 One Day More: Elaine Purkey (3:38)
25 We Do the Work: Jon Fromer (2:41)
26 De Colores: Baldemar Velasquez and Aguila Negra (2:59)
27 Solidarity Forever: Joe Glazer (2:28)
[Credits]
Compilers: Jeff Place and Joe Glazer, Photographer: Arthur Siegel, Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Songs of the American labor movement over the 20th century called for just wages, dignity, and a fair shake. They voiced grievances, affirmed the value of the worker to society, and expressed hope for life in a more just world. Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways is a collage of these voices—champions of the movement, singing songs with a passion and love for their fellow workers that rings just as true today as it did then. Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joe Glazer, the Almanac Singers, and more chronicle the history of the American labor movement in stirring song.