bread and roses

Subject: bread and roses
From:
Date: 30 Dec 96 - 03:44 PM

would like to know history behind song

Subject: RE: bread and roses
From:
Date: 02 Jan 97 - 04:57 PM

Read somewhere that there was a strike in the mills in the N.E. early in [this century?]. The women made no such plea, but a newspaperman thought the theme had a nice ring to it.

Subject: bread and roses
From:
Date: 09 Mar 97 - 08:41 PM

This song was sung by Judy Collins. I don't remember the albumn.

Subject: RE: bread and roses
From: rich r
Date: 09 Mar 97 - 10:19 PM

It's in DT. Interestingly a search of "bread and roses" comes up with the lyrics to "Bread and Roses" by James Oppenheim and Mimi Farina. Another surprisng fact, the Judy Collins album is titled "Bread and Roses".

Subject: RE: bread and roses
From: Mountain Dog
Date: 27 Mar 97 - 04:56 PM

Another place to find chords and lyrics to the Mimi Farina version is in Pete Seeger's book "Carry It On" (co-written with with Rob Reiser, if memory serves). I've seen it in trade paperback, published in the mid 1980s by Simon and Schuster. Great collection of labor-related tunes from last century to this.

Subject: RE: bread and roses
From: Saunis
Date: 29 Mar 97 - 10:13 AM

The words and chord, but not the melody are also in the song book "Rise up Singing".

Subject: RE: bread and roses
From:
Date: 29 Mar 97 - 11:38 PM

The melody is in one of Jerry Silverman's books, Favorite Folk Instrumentals (1984). I suspect it might be found in one of his other books. He seems to do that and his collections are pretty good. If you can't find it, send your address to my e-mail and I will copy it for you.

Subject: RE: bread and roses
From:
Date: 01 Apr 97 - 02:00 AM

Has anyone ever heard the version sung by the "Ranting Sleazos"?--They are, or were, a trio of women singers in England. Their tune is quite different from the one everyone else seems to do.

Subject: Author Info: Bread and Roses
From: Haruo
Date: 18 Oct 00 - 09:18 PM

I was getting ready to put the feminist march Bread and Roses (Pan' kaj Rozoj, tr. Marta Evans) in my website's collection of Esperanto songs, and I looked it up in the DT and found that it is credited (the text, that is) to one James Oppenheim. This is shocking. Tell me it ain't true. Did a man write this?

Liland

Subject: RE: Author Info: Bread and Roses
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Oct 00 - 09:46 PM

Hi, Liland - we had a thread on the history of this song here (click). It should give you at least a bit of an idea. If possible, it's best to search for existing threads on a subject and add to them if you have further questions - makes for a more continuous discussion, and it builds up a nice knowledge base for us.
-Joe Offer-