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14 Jun 25 - 02:32 PM (#4224157) Subject: Indexing: Big Red Song Book (UK) From: Joe Offer This thread is reserved for discussion about The Big Red Song Book (UK), by Dave Harker and Mal Collins https://www.amazon.com/Song-Book-Dave-Harker-Collins/dp/0904383385 I swore I had a copy of this book, but I couldn't find it when I started this thread. Now I've found it (it was a lot smaller than I remembered), but the index is not set up for easy OCR, so you'll have to put up with the titles in ALLCAPS. Big Red Songbook, compiled by Mal Collins, Dave Harker, and Geoff White (London: Pluto Press, 1977 & 1981) [are there later editions with more songs?] AS SOON AS THIS PUB CLOSES Alex Glasgow 50/106 THE BALLAD OF ACCOUNTING Ewan MacColl 18/80 THE BALLAD OF JOHN MACLEAN Matt McGinn 22/115 BANDIERA ROSSA Anon. 13/77 BATTLE HYMN OF THE NEW SOCIALIST PARTY Leon Rosselson 44/101 THE BLACKLEG MINER Anon. 52/109 BREAD AND ROSES James Oppenheim/Caroline Kohslat 38/97 BROWNED OFF Ewan MacColl 24/84 CASEY JONES Joe Hill 71/126 CHEMICAL WORKERS Ron Angel 43/100 CLOSE THE COAL-HOUSE DOOR Alex Glasgow 32/94 THE DURHAM STRIKE Tommy Armstrong 70/123 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE Ewan MacColl 42/99 THE FOUR LOOM WEAVER Anon. 64/118 GO DOWN YOU MURDERERS Ewan MacColl 40/98 HALLELUJAH I’M A BUM Harry McClintock 55/111 I’M GONNA BE AN ENGINEER Peggy Seeger 46/102 THE INTERNATIONAL Eugene Pottier/Pierre Degeyter 10/74 JOIN THE BRITISH ARMY Anon. 48/104 McALPINE’S FUSILIERS Dominic Behan 49/107 THE MAN THAT WATERS THE WORKERS’ BEER Paddy Ryan 58/113 MOTOR TRADE WORKERS Don Perrygrove 28/92 MRS MCGRATH Anon 59/82 OAKEY STRIKE EVICTIONS Tommy Armstrong 62/114 THE OLD MAN’S SONG Ian Campbell 30/81 PALACES OF GOLD Leon Rosselson 27/88 THE PEAT-BOG SOLDIERS Anon 56/112 THE PEELERS AND THE GOAT Anon. 53/110 THE POUND-A-WEEK RISE Ed Pickford 66/91 THE PREACHER AND THE SLAVE Joe Hill 54/108 THE RED FLAG Jim Connell 12/76 THE SOCIALIST A.B.C. Alex Glasgow 19/120 SOLIDARITY FOREVER Ralph Chaplin 72/127 STANDING AT THE DOOR Alex Glasgow 36/96 STRANGE FRUIT Lewis Allan 20/90 THREE NIGHTS AND A SUNDAY DOUBLE-TIME Matt McGinn 61/124 TURNING THE CLOCK BACK Alex Glasgow 31/116 UNDERGROUND ARISTOCRATS Pat Cooksey 68/122 UNION MAID Woody Guthrie 60/86 VIGILANTE MAN Woody Guthrie 34/95 VIVA LA QUINCE BRIGADA Anon. 14/78 WILLIAM BROWN Arthur Hagg 26/85 THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN Leon Rosselson 16/79 The first number refers to the lyrics page, the second to the melody. |
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14 Jun 25 - 02:51 PM (#4224158) Subject: RE: Indexing: Big Red Song Book (UK) From: GUEST,Peter Laban Spin off from the 'socialist song' thread? I posted a link there anyway. I have the little book here, had it since the early 70s. It's a nice collection. |
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15 Jun 25 - 04:50 AM (#4224193) Subject: RE: Indexing: Big Red Song Book (UK) From: Jack Campin I was never very impressed with that one (too SWP-oriented). I may still have one of the other books of the era that came from anarchist or feminist positions. I don't think I ever owned the Big Red one though I sold it when I was working in a radical bookshop. |