Hi gang, got this request from a friend, and am passing it on to you.
She's working to prepare a 1.5 hr program on Veterans' Day, Nov. 11, and found very few songs about women in the service. She got the rest of the show taken care of, but asks:
"Does anyone know of any recorded folk songs (including contemporary folk songs) about women in the services? We've come up with a few old ballads about women who disguised themselves as men and went to sea, but nothing specific to women soldiers, sailors, etc. who have served actively - not even about female military nurses or doctors.
The program is going to focus primarily on American folksongs, and we are trying to touch on aspects of military life from heroism to the devastation war produces to the long-term effects on both military and civilians."

"Some we are planning to use are autoharpist (RAR) Kate Long's "MacNamara's Tear" and John McCutcheon's "Homecoming" on their newest CDs and the Monroe Brothers' "Poor Forgotten Soldier" from an anthology of late 1930s/early 1940s recording artists."
"If anyone can suggest good sources, please let me know. We have more than plenty of other material to fill the slot, but I'd really like to have women represented as well."
Blessings,
Barbara