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Subject: Labor Day songs From: Pinetop Slim Date: 11 Aug 00 - 09:07 PM The Cotton Mill Girls thread elsewhere caught my eye as it's something I 'spect I might play on Labor Day. The DT coughs up a fair sampling when you search for Labor Day songs, but I wondered what 'catters' favorites might be. |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: BigDaddy Date: 12 Aug 00 - 01:52 AM Joe Hill. Unfortunately, if you click on "Joe Hill" in the DigiTrad Lyric Search you get a song transcribed by Joe Hill, not the song "Joe Hill." Anyway, Joan Baez recorded it, as have others. Cheers! |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: canoer Date: 12 Aug 00 - 11:11 AM Actually, "Sit Down!" is my favorite. But "Solidarity Forever" is right up there. |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: cujimmy Date: 12 Aug 00 - 04:36 PM The Red Flag must be up near the top of the charts somewhere - written by a bloke who had the same name as me, ie Jim Connell - ( 1889 ). regards, yours in solidarity - cujimmy. |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Mark Clark Date: 12 Aug 00 - 06:06 PM We were supposed to be singing these on May 1. <g> I went to hearme that day and got in as many as I could but didn't get much help. Nobody was in a labor day mood then. - Mark |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: bflat Date: 12 Aug 00 - 08:50 PM Dar Williams has a song: The End of Summer. Labor Day has always has that feel of being the end of summer for me, even if the calendar doesn't agree. bflat |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: FrankieB Date: 13 Aug 00 - 05:32 PM Brian McNeill's "Join the Union" probably ranks as my fav-- just saw him and Dick Gaughan singing it together on stage in Edinburgh-- they agreed to get together as a band, calling themselves "The Angry Old Farts." Spine-tingling stuff for all us shameless lefties out here. Hard to beat old Woody's "Pastures of Plenty" too. Hey, does anyone have the lyrics for "Sold Down the River" by Pete Coe?
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Tegwyn Date: 13 Aug 00 - 06:04 PM There is a magnificent rendering of 'Joe Hill' by Paul Robeson (in concert). Folk Era Records, Naperville, IL. (FE1442CD) |
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Subject: Lyr Add: Stand Together^^ From: Bugsy Date: 14 Aug 00 - 04:52 AM Try this one: STAND TOGETHER
© Bernard Carney April 1997
WE WILL ALL STAND TOGETHER AND SING A UNION SONG "Stand Together" has been taken up by the national trade union choirs as standard repertoire cheers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: GUEST,Fedele (now in Germany) Date: 14 Aug 00 - 05:15 AM Oh, if it doesn´t sound too "commie" for you, I´d suggest The Internationale, of course. As far as I know, "Joe Hill" is on the DigiTrad Archive, you just have to look for it. "The Red Flag" on The White Cockade Tune; to Tannenbaum it sounds like a funeral march. "There´s power in a union" if you know Billy Bragg. "Bread and Roses" sounds good if sung by a women´s chorus. "This land" by Woody, but you must sing those censored verses at the end. "Union Maid" should sound funny. "Pie in the sky", "Long-Haired Preachers" or whatever you call it, should get some people singing as well. But maybe they´re all a bit extremistic... Well, I like them, but I also think you should try not to scare anyone who´s not used to hear such things... "Deportees", if you expect Mexican people in the audience. I know people like "Bandiera rossa", you can also just play the tune. Yes, you don´t get too many songs if you post LABOR DAY, but try with LABOR or WORK or SOCIALIST or UNION. ,-) Well, we have the REAL Labor Day on May 1st in Italy. Why don´t you fight to get it back? It´s our right to have fun on that day, and the weather is also usually better. |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Victoria H. Date: 14 Aug 00 - 10:27 PM I'd suggest John McCutcheon's "Labor Day" from his Autumnsongs album..... |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Susanne (skw) Date: 15 Aug 00 - 05:18 PM For women, 'Rosa's Lovely Daughters' by Robb Johnson. And thanks, Bex, for mentioning Brian McNeill's song. He proves union songs can still be written, even if everybody now has everything they want, including automatic pay rises. (I keep trying to explain to colleagues it wouldn't last long if the unions lost their saturated members ...). Fedele, I love 'Bread and Roses' too (the American version - there is a German version with a different tune which I find rather uninspiring). BTW, whereabouts in Germany are you? Anywhere near the north? You might send me a PM. - Susanne |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Genie Date: 29 Aug 02 - 03:32 AM Well, among the songs I sing for Labor Day are "Sixteen Tons," "Drill, Ye Tarriers," "Forty-Hour Week," "Step By Step," "Dark As A Dungeon," and "The Housewife's Lament."
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: andymac Date: 29 Aug 02 - 04:52 AM How about "We'll have a Mayday" by Matt McGinn. Or perhaps "There is Power in a Union" I love to sing those as well as "The Shira Dam", "The Freedom Come All Ye" and several Spanish Civil War songs. |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Gareth Date: 29 Aug 02 - 06:59 PM Try this site or This site or This History in Song Gareth |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: GUEST Date: 30 Aug 02 - 03:56 PM Here are some related threads: When The Work's All Done This Fall blickie Working Man blickie "Women's" Work Songsblickie wemons workblickie Workin' In A Coal Mineblickie
Shanties, migration, and work songs; north USAblickie
Other good Labour Day songs would be
The Sick Note
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Willa Date: 30 Aug 02 - 06:22 PM see the thread RE: DTStudy: Songs of Joe Hill |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: masato sakurai Date: 30 Aug 02 - 10:31 PM From AFL-CIO Labor Day Festival: music page. These songs are online (some are with lyrics).
"Better Than Nada" -- Baldemar Velasquez & the Aguila Negra Band ~Masato
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Genie Date: 31 Aug 02 - 12:42 AM Masato, I hadn't thought of "The Bravest" as a Labor Day song. But, of course, it's a great one! Thanks for that list. Here's another one gleaned from the forum: |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Wesley S Date: 31 Aug 07 - 10:37 AM From Merle Haggard: "Workin' Man Blues" It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife I been a workin' man dang near all my life I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use I'll drink my beer in a tavern, Sing a little bit of these working man blues I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day Might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay But I'll go back workin, come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew I'll drink a little beer that evening, Sing a little bit of these working man blues Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use I drink a little beer in a tavern Sing a little bit of these working man blues Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin around I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern, Cry a little bit of these working man blues Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use I drink a little beer in a tavern Sing a little bit of these working man blues Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern, Cry a little bit of these working man blues |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: GUEST,Art Thieme Date: 31 Aug 07 - 05:10 PM "The Death Of Queen Jane" maybe... Art |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Genie Date: 31 Aug 07 - 05:26 PM We Shall Not Be Moved Aragon Mill The Work Of The Weavers Coal Tattoo |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Big Mick Date: 31 Aug 07 - 07:49 PM Art ..... the bill is in the mail for the new screen for my computer..... I am still laughing .......... Damn that was funny.... Mick |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Genie Date: 31 Aug 07 - 07:54 PM Doh! Somehow that one slipped right by me, Art. LOL Which reminds me, you know that song "Danger Water" which Joan Baez sings? It has a verse that goes: "First we go in a room Make me mama no know, Make me lie on me back, Make me have-a me labor.*" I've never been able to figure out exactly what that song's about and whether the "labor" referred to is prostitution or childbirth. (There's a thread here in the forum about it somewhere.) *OR is it "Make me mama - no, no!"? |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: GUEST,Guest: Greg Doucette Date: 01 Sep 07 - 02:46 PM Anything from Utah Phillips' recording, "We Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years".John Warner's "Bring out the Banners". |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Genie Date: 01 Sep 07 - 04:41 PM Whaddya know? We got a whole thread about "that kind" of labor! Songs To Sing In Labour |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Genie Date: 01 Sep 07 - 04:50 PM Danger Waters: story behind the song Women's Work Songs Serving Girls Holiday |
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Subject: Labor Day songs / Songs about work From: Genie Date: 01 Sep 07 - 05:04 PM This one, from Peggy Seeger, is a real gem, and not just re women's work! I'm Gonna Be An Engineer Some threads about "other" kinds of work: King Of the Nerds Beverly Hills Programmer |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: GUEST,saulgoldie Date: 04 Sep 07 - 08:54 AM From Joe Glazer: The Mill Was Made of Marble By Joe Glazer Well , I dreamed that I had died And gone to my reward A job in heavens textile mill On a golden boulevard And the mill was made out of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever grew tired And nobody ever grew old The mill was built on a garden No dust nor dirt could be found The air was clean and it smelled so sweet With the flowers and the trees all around It was quiet and peaceful in heaven There was no clatter or boom And we heard the most beautiful music As we worked at the spindle and the loom And the mill was made out of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever grew tired And nobody ever grew old There was no unemployment in heaven We worked steady all through the year We always had food for the children We were never haunted by fear And the mill was made out of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever grew tired And nobody ever grew old When I awoke from my dream about heaven Well, I wondered if there could be A Mill like that one here on earth For people like you and me And the mill was made out of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever grew tired And nobody ever grew old RIP, Joe. |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: Rowan Date: 05 Sep 07 - 12:50 AM Mark Gregory's Union Songs site (referred to above) is a good source, and for background info on Labour Day (originally "Eight Hour Day" in the 1850s) you could check postings to Bring out the banners for 23 Aug 07. Cheers, Rowan |
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Subject: RE: Labor Day songs From: GUEST Date: 05 Sep 07 - 08:18 PM The Brian MacNeill song mentioned above by Frankie as "Join The Union" is actually titled "Sell Your Labor Not Your Soul." I heard him do it at Old Songs before a grumpy Friday night crowd that had just been shoehorned into a barn because of rain. he got us all hammering into the chorus bits and the roof was ringing. Great song. Lyrics follow. Come and listen through the land, working woman, working man Young and old, true and bold - join the union Black, brown or white, get ready for the fight Young and old, true and bold - join the union Will you stand upon your rights or will you live upon your knees Doff your cap and look away while the bosses take their ease (Chorus:) Young and old, true and bold Sell your labour not your soul Solidarity's your goal - join the union Unemployment is the fear the bosses whisper in your ear Young and old, true and bold - join the union Short term contract when they hire makes it easier to fire Young and old, true and bold - join the union More efficiency's the cry, technology's the game And every dividend you double - well your wages stay the same They say the unions' day is done and the country's moving on Young and old, true and bold - join the union Aye the government knows best, private sector does the rest Young and old, true and bold - join the union They'll privatise your hopes and they'll privatise your fears If they catch your children crying they'll privatise their tears We will rise, we will grow, we are stronger than we know Young and old, true and bold - join the union We will not be denied for we have right upon our side Young and old, true and bold - join the union So raise the banners high, let us all march behind Let Scotland be the first to draw the new union line |
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