This is another one going into the Rise Again Songbook. Here's my transcription of the Eliot Kenan video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXWzQW0jV3o

AIN'T DONE NOTHIN' IF YOU AIN'T BEEN CALLED A RED
(Eliot Kenin, 1983)

When I was just a little boy I used to love parades
With banners, bands, red balloons & maybe lemonade
When I came home one May Day my neighbor's father said
"Them marchers is all commies, tell me kid, are you a Red?"
G - C - / D - - G ://

Well I didn't know just what he meant, my hair back then was brown
Our house was plain red brick like many others in the town
So I went & told my daddy our neighbor called me red
My daddy took me on his knee & this is what he said

"Well ya ain't done nothing if ya ain't been called a Red
If you marched or agitated then you're bound to hear it said
So you might as well ignore it or love the word instead
'Cos ya ain't been doing nothing if ya ain't been..." (2x)

As I was growing up had my troubles I suppose
When someone took exception to the contours of my nose
Or tried to cheat me on the job or hit me on the head
When I organized to fight back then those suckers called me Red

Then after I got married, one apartment that we had
Had a classic rotten rotten landlord, let me tell you he was bad
And when he tried to kick us out, I rubbed my hands & said
"You haven't had a struggle if you haven't fought a Red!"

So I kept on agitating, 'cos what else can you do?
Are you gonna let the sons-of-bitches walk all over you?
A friend said, "You'll get fired hanging with that Commie mob!"
I should only have such troubles, buddy, I ain't got a job!

So I been agitating now for fifty years and more,
For employment & equality & always against war,
And I'll keep doin' it forever, just as far as I can see,
And if that's what being Red is, then it's good enough for me!

Eliot Kenin
On videos by him & by David Rovics & on Faith Petric When Did We Have Sauerkraut, Petric & Mark Ross S of the IWW.