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Subject	Year	Title	Author	Volume
A	1980 Margaret Thatcher - likened to an alien being.	Androids The	Ewan MacColl	16.08
A	1980 Margaret Thatcher - friend with Reagan & Pope	Bits and Pieces	Anon	19.25
A	1970 after expulsion from cabinet: rivers of blood speech	Bold Enoch Powell	Brian Pearson	3.12
A	1970 Enoch Powell - racist beliefs	Cut-Price Hero	Ewan MacColl	4.2
A	1980's Jim Callaghan made a baron for selling out workers	Don't Be Surprised	Ewan MacColl	20A.04
A	1975 statesman/peacemaker by day & playboy by night	Henry Kissinger	Ed Pickford	11.06
A	1985 Margaret Thatcher - depicted as a female Dracula	Lady Dracumag	Ewan MacColl	20A.08
A	1980 Margaret Thatcher - critique of person & policies	Let Us Praise Famous Men and Women	Ewan MacColl	16.13
A	1973 Richard Nixon - caught out for bugging	Live Wire	anon	9.22
A	1980 Margaret Thatcher - protect & survive years	Maggie Wants a Missile	Sam Richards	19.09
A	1985 Margaret Thatcher - search for an honorary degree	Matter Of Degree A	Peggy Seeger	20A.11
A	1973 Princess Anne - November wedding to Mark Phillips	My Wedding Day	C & T Dibley	9.08
A	1973 Lord Longford - crusades against pornography	Night Rider	heard in a club in Barking	9.21
A	1970 Harold Wilson defeated by Heath after attempt to clamp down on Union Power (Castle's 1969 In Place of Strife) which upset the Left	Prime Minister Cut Down in His Prime The	Ewan MacColl and John Faulkner	2.05
A	1970 personal traits & beliefs on class differences	Prince Philip's Lament	Frankie Armstrong Brian Pearson Pat Creedy & Geoff Lowe	4.1
A	1980 sympathy for queen surrounded by idiots	Royalty Royalty Shock	John Dengate	16.06
A	1984 Ronald Reagan - visit to Ireland for roots or votes	Votecatcher In The Rye	Peggy Seeger	20A.22
A	1973 Richard Nixon - person & policies	Watergate	Peggy Seeger	9.01
B	1976 leave the protesting (strikes & Chile) to others!	Apathy Joe	Ted Edwards	16.11
B	1964 audit: have you acted to shape society or merely accepted an unjust status quo?	Ballad of Accounting The	Ewan MacColl	3.01
B	1968 - don't build walls to shut out poverty and war	Children The	Peggy Seeger	3.11
B	1979 my abject silence allows global injustice & inequality	It's Really Me to Blame	Scott Clement	15.18
B	1968 - from gold watch to scrap heap and anonymity: your fate if you demand too little	Lament for the Death of a Nobody	Ewan MacColl	1.02
B	1968 using escapism to shut out the world as it is	Let's Pretend	Ewan MacColl	9.16
B	1968 British trait of preferring tame animals to humans	Nation of Animal Lovers	Ewan MacColl	8.02
B	1967 - don't let apathy make you blind to fascisim	Song of Choice	Peggy Seeger	1.03
B	1971 call to action (using guns if necessary) - note Amnesty's refusal to support ANC due to resort to guns	With Love to Angela Davis	Ewan MacColl	7.19
B	1984 better to field your opponents' jibes than not be involved in the struggle!	You Ain't Been Doin' Nothin' If You Ain't Been Called a Red	Elliott Keenan	19.21
C	1969 superiority of Britain (Harold's wage freeze!) to China	China Rag The	Sandra Kerr and Ewan MacColl	2.09
C	1984 propaganda especially during the miners' strike	Media The	Ewan MacColl	20.09
C	1968 after Paris riots. Conditioning via beatings & gas	Student Edward	Ewan MacColl	1.07
C	1970 post Paris riots. Old hypocritical order wearing thin	We Are the Young Ones	Peggy Seeger	6.19
C	1968 post Paris - we see through the propaganda!	We Don't Want to Live Like That	Ewan MacColl	3.03
C	1974 don't censor when info is already known by all!	Word The	Vera Johnson	10.04
D	1976 mill owner's house reflects class inequality	Big Mansion House	Eric Bogle	12.06
D	1973 tongue-in-cheek wish to live like a rich capitalist	Big Stockbroker Country The	Mick Sadler	9.14
D	1977 freedom belongs to the rich: the rightful owners!	Blast Against Blackguards	Ewan MacColl	14.11
D	1978 father's lullaby: advice to son on big wide world	Father's Song The	Ewan MacColl	14.03
D	1985 class war sharply into focus again: poll tax etc	Forty-Five Eighty-Five	Peggy Seeger	20A.05
D	1985 opposition to rate capping by Mrs Thatcher	Horo The Iron Maiden	Bruce Dunnet	20A.15
D	1976 unequal society leaves child wishing on his own	Ladybird	Ted Edwards	12.09
D	1985 tongue in cheek description of the perfect policeman	Laughing Policeman	Ian Campbell	20A.09
D	1977 the law is 'a con' supporting the rich and the great.	Legal Illegal	Ewan MacColl	14.08
D	1973 unacceptable face of capitalism (for Shelter)	Manner of the World Nowadays The	Peggy Seeger	9.07
D	1975 unacceptable capitalism: RE quality of the bitter	Multigrab and Unibrew	Miles Wootton	11.12
D	1970 Ted Heath's Cabinet - mainly men	New Boys The	Ewan MacColl	6.07
D	1982 class divisions needed to sustain nice people!	Nice People Like Us	Sam Richards	18.08
D	1984 unflattering tribute to police as props for the rich	Only Doing Their Job	Ewan MacColl	20.11
D	1974 money from my hard work goes to them not me!	Out of My Pocket	Peggy Seeger	11.18
D	1977 pay restraint is the answer to everything! Go on grafting!	Parliamentary Polka	Ewan MacColl	11.17
D	1980 it's alright for some but not all. Fairness please!	Plea to the Undeserving A	Ted Power	16.19
D	1958 dream: bankers & diplomats going into the army!	We Hate To See Them Go	Malvina Reynolds	20A.24
D	1981 laid off when new tech; cannon fodder when war	Workers' Song	Ed Pickford	20A.25
D	1977 cast aside by new tech but needed as canon fodder	Workers' Song The	Ed Pickford	13.14
E	1972 no room at the inn updated to modern squalour	Anti-Carol	John Pole	7.16
E	1970 office blocks lying empty for nearly three years	At The CentrePoint	John Pole and Peggy Seeger	4.15
E	1970 squatting new flats as a response to pricey slums	Backs Against The Wall	Donneil Kennedy	3.15
E	1970 responding to eviction attempt	Ballad of Rosie The	Dick Snell	3.14
E	1974 a curse on this monster.	Building Speculator The	Sam Richards	10.07
E	1972 myth of scroungers; driven to crime to pay rent	Caviar on the Rent Book	Bob Gale	8.18
E	1973 comparison of living conditions of different classes	Happy Pappy and the Funny un People	Hamish MacColl	9.04
E	1980 lonely life trapped as an outcast drifter and drinker	Homeless Man	Harry Robertson	16.01
E	1970 unsuitability of high-rise flats e.g. children's play	Jeelie-Piece Song The	Adam McNaughtan	4.05
E	1977 poverty trap: born in the slum die in the slum	Mary and Me	Eric Bogle	13.08
E	1971 high-rise for poor (crowded) V high-rise for the rich	McCoy Hotel The	Jack Warshaw	6.06
E	1970 overcrowding frozen wages and evictions.	Tidbits for Tenants	Anon	3.04
F	1981 crime: prison helps to make crime pay!	Ballad of Pat Brady The	Don Minifie	17.02
F	1971 disaffected youth - vandalism and violence	Boots and Laces	Miles Wootton	4.08
F	1978 disillusionment in time of heavy government cuts: from school onto the dole	Bum Again	David Everett	14.09
F	1982 driven by mill town environ into mental home in Lincs	Fair Rosie	Di Williams	18.05
F	1974 alienation in simple steps from school to prison cell	Hard Times	Hamish MacColl	10.14
F	1973 kids-lib song rejecting rules but also sensible diet!	I Want to Lie Here in the Sun	Miles Wootton	9.15
F	1970 search for escape leads to lethal dose of methadone taken for a laugh	Jack the Lad	John Pole	3.02
F	1968 alienation among teenagers caused by parents dropping out of life.	Look at You!	Ewan MacColl	9.09
F	1978 drug addiction: soldiers returning from Vietnam war	Miss Heroin	Anon	14.1
F	1972 alienation disaffected youth trapped in a cell	Nowhere Now	Hamish MacColl	8.17
F	1982 old woman isolated: fear of going out gets poor treatment from young left behind by her family	Old Woman's Song	Claudia Schmidt	18.18
F	1971 thief disaffected from the system by low pay	Tea-Leaf Song	Colin Meadows	6.11
F	1977 alienation: Birmingham boy goes his own way and ends up in prison	Wild Colonial Guy	Alan Whittle	13.16
G	1971 causes havoc / nuclear war - never trust machines!	Fred the Computer	Miles Wootton	6.18
G	1984 a human brain versus a calculator: the human wins but dies through overwork and is sorely missed!	Henry The Accountant	Paul Kaplan	19.12
G	1985 human workers replaces by unreliable computers	Little Boxes - new version	Colin Bargery & Graham Goffe	20.01
G	1985 bureaucracy: improvement grants fail to target needs	My Kitchen And My Loo	Jan Bessent & Bill Murphy	20.21
G	1978 assembly lines for every time of life - even death	On the Assembly Line	Miles Wootton	14.07
H	1979 passing the buck for beer so nasty that the chemical mix didn't even succeed as disinfectant.	Bad Beer	Paul Wilson	15.01
H	1977 superiority of pump-pulled real ale over bottled ale or pressurised beers	Ballad of Real Ale	Kevin Pratt	13.03
H	1976 no escape from poor canteen tea even in heaven!	Canteen Tea	Alan Lavercombe	12.2
H	1974 everything on the menu comes with chips even chips!	Chips	Vera Johnson	10.24
H	1975 Liverpool lament: the food is unfit for consumption	Down at Our Canteen	Ted Edwards	11.07
H	1973 Leek Show challenge and attempted sabotage	Giant Leek The	Ed Pigford	9.05
H	1971 downside of fast food: unhealthy tasteless boring	Instant Food	Miles Wootton	6.16
I	1970 Ireland: workers unite informers and those selling out their country to England.	Ballad of Jack Lynch	McIlvogue	4.17
I	1970 Ireland: Belfast bakery van thwarts B-specials	Barney Hughes ' Bakery Van	McIlvogue	4.11
I	1976 cost of the conflict for families losing sons: wasted lives?	Belfast Song	Eric Bogle	12.04
I	1972 Ireland - violent resistance to heavy policing	Bogside Doodle-bug	McIlvogue	7.07
I	1970 Ireland - violent resistance to heavy policing	Bogside Man The	McIlvogue	3.08
I	1985 amusing reference to devil on earth (Belfast!). Guess who!	Divil's Advice The	Paul O'Brien	20.18
I	1972 Ireland - emigrating in order to work	Exploration	Gordon McCulloch & Paul Lenihan	7.13
I	1972 Ireland - emigrating in order to work	Farewell to Ireland	Ewan MacColl	8.07
I	1977 a British troops out of Belfast song	Home Soldier Home	Wylde	13.05
I	1974 Ireland: a call for freedom amid violent conflict	Internment	Wylde	10.15
I	1969 Ireland - conditioning from different factions	Little Sashes	Hammond D.	2.08
I	1974 Belfast's troubles are its life. Rioting becomes a purpose.	New Song On The City of Belfast A	Wylde	10.11
I	1972 Ireland - call to workers to rise up over factions	Orange and the Green The	Paul O'Brien	7.11
I	1972 Ireland - life behind the barricades	Rubber Bullets	Wylde	7.1
I	1972 Ireland - control by spiking roads crossing the border	Smuggling Men The	Wylde	7.17
J	1980 Vietnam - use of chemicals comes home to roost in USA	Agent Orange Song	Muriel Hogan	16.17
J	1970 Vietnam protest at Kent College. A student in US murdered by National Guard.	Ballad of Alison Kraus	Don Lange	11.04
J	1954 Vietnam after defeat of French at Dien Bien Pau	Ballad of Ho Chi Minh The	Ewan MacColl	6.13
J	1973 US imperialism in its various guises	Big Man	Peggy Seeger	10.09
J	1970 Vietnam: encouragement to change sides	Brother	Jack Warshaw	4.07
J	1967 Vietnam - description of brutality sponsored by West	Brother Did You Weep?	Ewan MacColl	1.04
J	1967 Vietnam: history of brave struggle against France & USA	Fields of Vietnam The	Ewan MacColl	4.16
J	1968 Vietnam - comparison of carnage with toll from Aberfan	Grey October	Critics Group	1.06
J	1970 Vietnam protest at Kent College. US students murdered by Ohio National Guard.	Kent Massacre The	Jack Warshaw	6.03
J	1984 Cuba 1950s Grenada 1983 and Greenham !983	Lovely Little Island	Peggy Seeger	19.23
J	1975 lament by a gun-nut army lifer deprived of war	Modern Army Can't Fight Song The	Don Lange	11.09
J	1974 lament: when oil Sheik's stop supporting the West.	Sheik of Araby The	Anon	10.16
J	1985 rich world poor world. Can the level of greed last much longer?	Storm The	Sandy Kreuzer	20.07
J	1970 Vietnam - an alternative view to Nixon's our boys are standing tall and proud out there.	Tall and Proud	Ewan MacColl	6.2
J	1970 the several faces of US imperialism	Uncle Sam	Peggy Seeger	6.15
J	1970 Vietnam - American G.I. changes to Ho Chi Minh's side	Unknown Soldier The	Jack Warshaw	4.01
J	1984 stark choice between hard labour (e.g. mining) or war	Way Down The Road	Craig Johnson	19.03
J	1967 Vietnam composed under Wilson recorded under Heath. Details the atrocities of US war.	Yankee Doodle	Ewan MacColl	6.17
K	1974 US imperialism: re Chile	Allende's Song	Don Lange	10.01
K	1968 Cuba - history of the revolution	Ballad of The Big Cigars	Ewan MacColl	1.01
K	1982 protest at Scotland V Chile fixture.	Blood Upon The Grass	Adam McNaughtan	18.1
K	1968 Cuba - Che Guevara hunted down in Bolivia	Che Guevara	Peggy Seeger	2.07
K	1968 Cuba - courage of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara	Compañeros The	Ewan MacColl	2.06
K	1974 Chilean dictatorship cannot silence everybody.	Freedom Won't Lie Easy	Rod Shearman	10.08
K	1970 Mexico: death through dangerous work conditions	Grape-Pickers' Tragedy	Jack Warshaw	4.04
L	1985 AU lampoon Andy Peacock takes Lib Opposition Party to the right	Andy	John Quiggin	20A.01
L	1985 AU Bob Hawke lampoon	Back On The Grog Again	Clem Parkinson	20A.07
L	1977 AU patriots' charter ignores the lessons of war.	Band Played Waltzing Matilda The	Eric Bogle	13.12
L	1979 AU ordinary family bloke struggling to survive	Bill From Exskineville	John Dengate	15.2
L	1985 AU Bob Hawke: move to right went in red came out blue.	Bobby I Hardly Knew You	John Quiggin	20.03
L	1979 AU tough conditions in an Australian jail	Doing Time	anon	15.06
L	1981 AU man courts a flat fish which actually needs a bicycle!	Fishes Need Bicycles	Clem Parkinson	17.07
L	1979 AU plea to nationalise US-owned General Motors Holden	G.M.H. Song	Clem Parkinson	15.09
L	1975 AU isolation of teenage girls in Australia who grow up all to quickly.	Girls in Our Town	Bob Hudson	11.03
L	1982 AU casualty from The Falklands War	Hero of Goose Green The	Denis Kevans	18.02
L	1979 AU Joh Belke-Petersen - gerrymandering in Queensland	Kingaroy King	Ewan MacColl	15.05
L	1979 AU to politician who blames workers for inflation	Looking for Work	Clem Parkinson	15.07
L	1982 AU song about a place loved by Biggs & Stonehouse	Marvellous Melbourne	Clem Parkinson	18.06
L	1981 AU pollution of beaches in Port Phillip Melbourne	Microbe's Picnic The	Clem Parkinson	17.14
L	1985 AU author = daughter of a railway signalman	Mild Colonial Boy The	Vonnie Clearskye	20A.12
L	1982 AU lament following inept attempt at sheep-shearing	New Chum Crutcher	Brian O'Keefe	18.04
L	1970 the big man on the building site is cut down to size by the rumour/legend of a bigger man.	O'Reilly and the Big MacNeill	Donneil Kennedy	4.03
L	1984 AU critique of hollow promises to end the class war	Ode to Bob Hawke	Clem Parkinson	19.2
L	1977 AU Moreton bay hunting the humpback whale.	Queensland Whalers The	Harry Robertson	13.11
L	1985 AU road sweeper active in youth could have been footballer - succumbs to drink	Shoulda Been A Champion	Denis Kevans	20A.16
L	1972 AU snooping watching invasions of privacy	Someone Up There	Don Henderson	8.11
L	1979 AU change to industrial lifestyle imposed by poverty	Song of the Sheet-Metal Worker	John Dengate	15.15
L	1972 AU strikes - relationship between factory owner & workers	Stan	Don Henderson	8.08
L	1985 AU Sheep shearing without beer = despair & confusion.	Temperance Shearers	Clem Parkinson	20.1
L	1985 AU We are now fully politicised so get out of the way!	Upwardly Socially Mobile	Kerith Power	20.16
L	1984 AU children's role models: helluva fighter v helluva singer	Urchin's Song	Clem Parkinson	19.04
L	1979 AU who gains when unions exercise pay restraint?	We'll All be Home & Dry	Roger Wodiss & Denny Kevans	15.12
L	1972 AU accident arising from poor & hurried construction	Westgate Bridge The	Don Henderson	8.09
L	1979 AU hard life as a rover/conscript always moving on!	What Care I?	Brian O'Keefe	15.02
L	1984 AU warning to men who gatecrash women only events	Wimmin's Ball The	Clem Parkinson	19.13
L	1982 AU solution to hard times is to fire those at the top.	Workers' Control Song	Clem Parkinson	18.12
M	1961 anti-apartheid song following Sharpeville massacre	Black and White	Ewan MacColl	13.04
M	1976 difficulties of being in exile while struggle goes on	Exile Song The	Barry Gilder	14.05
M	1963 South Africa - refusal to buy their food & drinks	I Support the Boycott	Peggy Seeger	1.05
M	1977 ambition of a S African boxer thwarted due to race	King Kong	Sam Richards	13.17
M	1978 the struggle goes on in spite/because of casualties	Soweto Song	Barry Gilder	14.12
M	1978 anti-apartheid struggle tears men from families	Where is Your Daddy Son?	Ewan MacColl	15.03
M	1970 South Africa - apartheid / racism in rugby	White Tornado The	Jim O'Connor	3.09
N	1969 boy born on Hackney Estate - life of abuse	Black Boy Ballad	Trevor Lashbrook	2.01
N	1979 NZ teacher died in police custody after anti-Fascist demo.	Blair Peach	Anon	16.09
N	1969 Birmingham in wake of rivers of blood speech	Hello Friend	Peggy Seeger	2.1
N	1981 freedom to roam in Brixton without skinhead attack.	Misfit's Story	Yan Sharangparni	17.09
N	1977 Midlands: refused office work loan. A scapegoat.	Song of the Immigrant	Chris Rogers	13.18
N	1983 discrimination through both attitudes & accessibility	Talking Wheelchair Blues	Fred Small	20A.19
N	1970 travellers unwanted in Walsall Galilee Auschwitz. Fault of all of us since we elect The Council	Travellers Came to Red-Bridge The	Dick Snell and The Critics Group	4.06
O	1970 courting - birth control discouraged by the Pope	Bridget and the Pill	Brian Pearson	3.07
O	1978 offer to take stock and help knock down cage's door	Caged Bird	Ernie Oakleaf	14.18
O	1972 individual who murders women is torn apart like a fox	Captain Reynolds	John Pole	7.15
O	1971 relationships - gender equality	Darling Annie	Peggy Seeger	7.18
O	1978 logic of equality of opportunity for women and men	Different Therefore Equal	Peggy Seeger	15.11
O	1977 a bare refuge is better than domestic violence	Emily	Peggy Seeger	14.2
O	1984 discrimination against women in jobs and pay	Fifty-Nine Cents	Fred Small	19.08
O	1970 alternative lifestyle for woman cast as housewife.	Hippies and the Beatniks The	Miles Wootton	4.13
O	1976 poor working conditions of housewife	Housewife's Alphabet	Peggy Seeger	13.13
O	1978 homelessness trap in context of domestic violence	I am Homeless	Anon	14.16
O	1971 discrimination in the workplace against women	I'm Gonna be an Engineer	Peggy Seeger	7.14
O	1971 giving & unafraid pregnant & child adopted	Jenny Bell	Mahala Nice	6.01
O	1985 through anger (women only) to calm (both sexes)	Liberation Road	Kerith Power	20.25
O	1978 advice to daughter not to accept second best	Little Girl Child	Peggy Seeger	15.14
O	1971 violence to women - abduction and murder.	Mr. Fox	John Pole	6.04
O	1976 birth control: a woman's right to choose	Nine-Month Blues	Peggy Seeger	12.13
O	1979 unwanted pregnancy trap: home / job / baby?	Pit Away Your Fancy Dress	Ian Davison	15.08
O	1972 institutional violence - always the same story	Punch and Judy	John Pole	7.01
O	1973 rambling around is not the prerogative of men only; women ramble too!	Rambling Boy	Jerry Spring	9.1
O	1979 women's right to be free from rape & to say No	Reclaim the Night	Peggy Seeger	15.13
O	1982 man proves that he is better at shopping but returns home with the wrong baby. Can't multi-task!	Shopping Around	Alan Lavercombe	18.17
O	1978 pregnant woman leave Ireland for Liverpool no thanks to Pope or the father of her child - not real fathers	Song for an Irish Colleen	Kt Movat & L. Mackay	14.02
O	1973 leave home domestic service become pregnant end up homeless baby's body found.	South Stratford Lady The	Claudia Gould	9.06
O	1984 moves towards gender equality are only token.	Still Ain't Satisfied	Bonnie Lockhart	19.15
O	1985 drunken wife-beating husband gets stitched in sheets and whacked by his wife.	Stitch in Time A	Mike Waterson (tune: Martin Carthy)	20.12
O	1982 need for gender equality in language - turned tables!	Talking Neutral Gender Blues	Kristin Lems	18.2
O	1974 reversal of traditional male/female roles Re housework	Talking Want Ad Blues	Janet Smith	10.19
O	1980 reject men who cast you into unequal roles. Find one who shares the housework but writes a good poem too.	What The Poet Called Her	Ewan MacColl	17.05
O	1978 domestic violence regardless of class background	Winnie and Sam	Peggy Seeger	14.13
O	1977 Ewan's mother's toil & isolation as a cleaner.	Nobody Knew She Was There	Ewan MacColl	17.04
P	1979 rainy environment as an alternative to Costa Brava	A-30	Miles Wootton	15.19
P	1972 spectacular scenery along Scottish road	A-83 The	Helen Fullerton	8.16
P	1976 Atmospheric song. Mixed feelings about a place	Bampton Fair	Paul Wilson	12.07
P	1972 atmosphere of Teesside - dying industries	Banks of the Tees The	Graeme Miles	7.05
P	1975 boredom re annual shutdown of Lancashire Mill towns	Bloody Wakes Week	Ian Parr	11.14
P	1979 listen to your surroundings to make the best music	Brass Band Song	Scott Clement	15.21
P	1975 working day in Wigan marked by the sound of clogs	Coal Hole Cavalry	Ted Edwards	11.05
P	1978 hard labour in a prison	Coldbath Fields	Bill Meek	14.21
P	1985 US railroad. Passenger services eliminated 1961 merger	Down Along the Soo Line	Craig Johnson	20.19
P	1974 day in the life of a public open space (Scotland)	Dryin' Green The	Eric Finlayson & Wylde	10.02
P	1976 changing occupations in NE Scotland & coastal waters	Generations of Change	Matt Armour	12.12
P	1977 Suffolk where children are worn out through farm labour	High Clay Lands The	Bob Hughes	13.06
P	1976 nine miles off Anstruther in mouth of the Firth of Forth	Isle of May	Matt Armour	12.05
P	1974 changing occupations reflected in landscape	Men o' the North The	Sheila Douglas	10.06
P	1972 atmosphere of the moors	Moor O' Hograh The	Graeme Miles	8.04
P	1974 change reflected in the landscape. New generation.	Old Glasgow Town	Jim Brown	10.17
P	1976 changing landscape robs London of it soul	Old Grey London	Hamish MacColl	12.11
P	1976 dead town: closure Irlam steelworks nr Manchester in 1974	Pitside Is Quiet Today The	Ted Edwards	12.16
P	1976 Irlam near Manchester dies with its steelworks	Requiem for a Steel Town	Ted Edwards	11.2
P	1977 camp-site surroundings: better than the city??	Simple Life The	Chris Rogers	13.07
P	1973 valley of Stiffkey between Kings Lynn and Norwich	Testimonial	Peter Bellamy	9.13
P	1979 Hogmanay - New Year in Scotland	When the Bells Ring	Ian Davison	15.16
P	1984 calypso style description of process of being a patient	Working in the Hospital	Ian Davison	19.18
Q	1980 forced to change from agricultural to industrial work to pay for food grown on the land left behind.	Empires of Plenty	Sam Richards	16.12
Q	1974 hard work drinking and banter with the wife	Graveyard Shift The	Les Gleason	10.03
Q	1975 cod fishing: hard work can be enjoyable if you don't stress	Harvest Home The	Matt Armour	11.15
Q	1970 people wear their occupations even at a wedding!	Iron-Moulder's Wedding The	Graeme Miles	4.19
Q	1980 in praise of the anonymous labour which drives the system	Kilroy Was Here	Ewan MacColl	17.11
Q	1977 showcasing good labouring practices & lamenting the death of them!	Labouring Man The	Sam Richards	13.19
Q	1974 in praise of layabouts whose work does no harm!	Layabouts	Vera Johnson	10.22
Q	1973 showcasing heavy work in construction industry	Migrant Labourer The	Dicky Bondy	9.19
Q	1974 showcasing toil of a Belfast riveter and shipwright	Regular Randy Dandy	John Moulden & Wylde	10.13
Q	1985 showcasing screen printing - worker now redundant	Screen Printer	Irene Scott	20.22
Q	1972 showcasing hard work - sea-coal selling	Sea-Coal	Graeme Miles	7.09
Q	1972 hey-day of sea faring and the shellbacks who are no more	Shellback Song	Ewan MacColl	7.06
Q	1972 in recognition of boats carrying effluence from Glasgow	Sludge-Boat Song The	Jimmy Brown	7.2
Q	1972 Dorman's Ackland Steel Plant up until its closure	Tees-side British	Erick Gooding	8.06
Q	1972 showcasing hard work as a moulder or foundry man	They'll be the Lads	Graeme Miles	7.12
Q	1966 toil of Irishmen digging the London Underground in dark conditions while other people enjoy light.	Tunnel Tigers The	Ewan MacColl	4.18
Q	1972 showcasing hard work - steam ships	Western Trader The	Jimmy Brown	7.03
R	1973 contribution of poor weather to working conditions.	Alvediston Shepherd The	Paul Whiteley	9.11
R	1982 mill closure: empty streets & nowhere to go for mid-lifers	Aragon Mill	Si Kahn	18.16
R	1972 grim life of teacher unexpectedly improved by errant pupil's dad who turns on the real nuisance	Bermondsey Ballad A	Michael Flood	8.15
R	1976 being an all-rounder as a motor mechanic is hard enough; unit replacement will mean fewer of them	Car Mechanics Song	Paul Wilson	12.17
R	1977 ups & downs of being on a temporary contract	Casuals The	Harry Robertson	13.01
R	1985 unemployed dad - family supported by grandad’s pension	Child's Song	Colin Bargery	20A.03
R	1974 hard times for father to encourage son: unemployment	Come Tae Your Dad	Jim Brown	10.1
R	1981 an injection of the dance floor can turn gloom in the boiler room of a golfball factory to a hot delight	Dancing Boilerman The	Charlie King	17.18
R	1978 cuts to education and their effects on teachers & pupils	Economy Game The	David Everett	14.06
R	1976 tongue-in-cheek picture of ideal working conditions	Factory Lads	Sam Richards	12.08
R	1976 labour exchange has lots of jobs but none for you!	Jobs	Ted Edwards	12.21
R	1981 no social stigma any more for the numerous unemployed!	Laid Off	Alan Lavercombe	17.15
R	1986 effects of temporary work and unemployment	My Old Man	Ewan MacColl	16.02
R	1985 closure of machine tool company. All quiet now.	Nobody Cares About That	Larry Penn	20.13
R	1976 hard life of a cocky farmer is easier because it's nearly over	Now I'm Easy	Eric Bogle	12.19
R	1976 injustice of downturn in mining due to cheap oil	One Miner's Life	Ed Pickford	12.02
R	1985 ups and downs of temporary employment	Overtime	Larry Penn	20A.13
R	1975 toil as punishment for messing with boss's daughter.	Propeller Song The	Jim Brown	11.01
R	1975 enough of roving & temporary employment: layoffs	Roving Fifer The	Matt Armour	11.11
R	1978 harm done by shift work to life including sex life!	Shift-Worker's Lament	Alan Lavercombe	14.14
R	1980 who gets the benefit from almost any labouring job?	Southern English labourer The	Paul Wilson	16.1
R	1985 ups and downs of temporary employment: layoffs	Still Losin' Jobs	Larry Penn	20A.10
R	1985 youth unemployment: no plans or dreams even at 17	Tales of '81	Andy Victor	20.06
R	1977 no home life for drivers of big tankers months away at sea for low pay.	Tankerman's Song	Harry Robertson	13.15
R	1977 from agriculture to industrial production line in order to afford the cost of food	Tenant Farmer	Ewan MacColl	14.17
R	1981 work in the pit leaves limited time to play with kids!	Thi Fayther's Comin' Wom	Ted Edwards	17.16
R	1973 kids who leave school without good exam results face low wages which drive them into the army	Three Quid a Week	Mick Ryan	9.2
R	1985 cost of mine closures to the community. Class divide	To Our Town	Sue Edmonds	20.02
R	1981 laying off and rehiring with time and motion facilitated by Monopoly power. The Jaeger song.	Uni-Multi-Factors Int.	Paul Wilson & Marilyn Tucker	17.12
R	1976 injustice of economic downturn and unemployment	Winter Song	Ian Parr	12.01
R	1975 jobs with no holidays divide families	Workers' Christmas Carol	Anon	11.1
R	1980 unemployment and homelessness	Maggie Mary	John Marchant & Ian Dobson	16.16
R	1970 response to London unemployment: emigrating on a very hot steam turbine steam while awaiting better work	Orient Company The	Peter O'Toole	4.14
S	1984 dangers of mining to all but the songwriter who is warm because he has fuel to burn!	Anthracite	Tommy Patten	19.14
S	1976 asbestos dust as part of poor working conditions	Asbestos Dust	Sam Richards	12.18
S	1973 poor health resulting from hard working conditions	At the Raleigh	Seth Miles	9.17
S	1969 injury or poor health from work	Black Lung	Hazel Dickson	6.14
S	1972 accident arising from working condition: slate mine	Buffalo Holler	Peggy Seeger	8.01
S	1977 nervous anticipation & physical sickness when sailors are within a day or two of docking after sea toil.	Channels The	Graham Penny	13.02
S	1970 injury or poor health resulting from work	Clayton Aniline Song The	Pete Smith	3.1
S	1981 mining involves fatalities but fighting the coal will continue	Coal and Albert Berry The	Ted Edwards	17.01
S	1984 dangers of logging: loss of fingers	Damned Piney Mountains	Craig Johnson	19.16
S	1974 hard work off shores of Iceland risking life & limb	Deep-Sea Fishermen The	Matt Armour	10.2
S	1982 cotton dust from the mills: dexterity turns to coughing	Goodbye Monday Blues	Si Kahn	18.03
S	1982 irresponsible mining destroys workforce resulting in closure laying waste to place off Newfoundland	Goodbye To St Lawrence	Sam Richards	18.14
S	1972 accident arising from working condition: herring fishing	Herring Grounds Of Forth The	Matt Armour	8.03
S	1969 avoidable disaster - owners take no responsibility	Hull Trawler Disaster The	Frankie Armstrong	2.03
S	1981 National Coal Boards lame attempts to protect lungs and denials of damage to health.	I'm a Pneumo	Jim Moreland & Keith Gregson	17.13
S	1972 accident arising from working condition: cargo vessel	Lairdsfield Disaster The	Graeme Miles	8.05
S	1972 casualties from hard labour building the dam	Shira Dam The	Helen Fullerton	8.14
S	1976 accident arising from working condition: building site	Sick Note The	Pat Cooksey	12.1
S	1972 accident arising from working condition: fishing aged 15	Tam Bridie	Matt Armour	8.13
S	1985 health effects of too much typing - poor working conditions.	Tenosynovitis	Edith MacIndoe	20A.20
S	1978 unemployment life without a purpose	Today is his Signing Day	George Mitchell	14.19
S	1978 harm done by strip mining: environment & black lung	Voices from the Mountain	Ruthie Gorton	14.01
S	1969 avoidable disaster - owners only interested in job	Well Get The Concrete In	Ian Stewart	2.04
S	1975 beware of productivity deals which offer more pay but give you so much to do that you flake out.	Work-Study Song	Ian Parr	11.19
T	1985 unflattering portrait of strike breaker	Blackleg Mining Man	Jock Purdon	20.15
T	1984 miners' strike. Which side were you on?	Daddy What Did You Do in The Strike?	Ewan MacColl	20.08
T	1984 warning to strike-busters	Holy Joe From Scabsville	Ewan MacColl	20A.06
T	1984 Contribution of wives and women from other industries to miners' picket line	Miner's Wife	Ewan MacColl	20.2
T	1985 reflect on where breaking the !984 strike will get you!	Ode to a Scab	Bronwen Westacott (music Peggy Seeger)	20.05
T	1985 resistance to abolition of the GLC	Public-Funded Workers The	Dave Smith	20A.14
T	1984 support the union (not their wars) demand what is yours.	Song of My Da	Paul O'Brien	19.06
T	1974 man's attendance at workplace gets later and later but when there's a strike he gets there very early!	Still He Slumbered	Sam Richards	10.21
T	1981 cooling-off law designed to break strikes 1979 Carter	Taft-Hartley Song	Charlie King	17.17
T	1970 need for teachers to learn from miners and dustmen about the power of strike action.	Teachers Need to do Homework	John Faulkner and Sandra Kerr	3.13
T	1974 warning to strike-busters	Transport Cowboy	Sam Richards	10.05
T	1977 strike victory: equal pay for women in spite of obstacles.	Trico Strike The	Sam Richards	13.2
T	1978 / 79 attempt to break miners strike in US: Carter	Trouble in Coal Country	Arthur Smith	16.14
T	1984 style of policing during the miners' strike	Villain's Chorus	Peggy Seeger	20A.21
T	1985 song for US workers' unions adapted as well for use in England	We Ain't Gonna Give It Back	John Connors	20A.23
T	1985 miners' strike. It will be your occupation next!	Which Side Are You On 1984?	Dick Gaughan	20.26
T	1960 in praise of these skilled workers and their union.	We Are the Engineers	Ewan MacColl	6.05
U	1980 using up people to use up the planet!	All Used Up	Utah Phillips	16.05
U	1976 damage to environment: pollution & resource depletion	Automobile Song The	Joanna Cazden	12.14
U	1971 air quality	Do You Wanna Come Clean?	Sandra Kerr	6.02
U	1981 destruction of homes & habitats from strip mining	Draglines	Deborah Silverstein	17.03
U	1982 importance of planting seeds to sustain the future	Gone Gonna Rise Again	Si Kahn	18.09
U	1985 solution to generating green power from hamster!	Hamster Sid	Ed Pickford	20.17
U	1979 proposed E flank of Glasgow's inner ring-road thru town	High Street Motorway The	Ian Davison	15.1
U	1981 finback whale at risk of extinction	Is the Big Fella Gone?	Rod Shearman	17.19
U	1974 poor transport planning kills villages & increases pollution.	Jack Wilson	Sam Richards	10.23
U	1974 pollution of atmosphere and depletion of resources	Juggernaut	John Pole	10.18
U	1965 fifty children on branches force woodmen to spare trees	Lambeth Children	Malvina Reynolds	20A.18
U	1982 oil pollution threat through too many platforms	Storm Force Ten	Don Lange	18.13
U	1975 harming the environment with chemicals concrete etc.	Up in Wisconsin	Don Lange	11.13
V	1957 nuclear testing in Nevada desert: leukaemia	Acceptable Risks	Charlie King	16.03
V	1985 we're on strike. No entry to man until he replays evolution	Anti-Nuclear Angels	Stan Patman	20.23
V	1985 Money on nuclear weapons while trains delayed by cold weather	Because Of The Cold	Betsy Rose	20A.02
V	1980 transport of nuclear materials	Cargo of Dread	Don Lange	16.07
V	1983 Greenham Common Peace Camp - bring the message home	Carry Greenham Home	Peggy Seeger	19.11
V	1981 enough trouble in world without nuclear weapons	Enough is Enough	Peggy Seeger	17.1
V	1980 the downside of weapons including nuclear	F-One-Double-One The	Lyall Sayers & Clem Parkinson	16.18
V	1980 effects if a nuclear war in the south of England	Four Minute Warning	Peggy Seeger	16.04
V	1985 the true cost of nuclear weapons in terms of bills cuts in social services etc	If You Want The Bomb	Peggy Seeger	20.04
V	1978 abuse of the planet: nuclear waste	Invader The	Peggy Seeger	14.04
V	1984 Christmas island nuclear tests of 1958: cancer	Just Lukewarm	Martin Brown	19.17
V	1984 sketch on how others see Greenham women	Layabout Song	Gill Booth	19.1
V	1970 nuclear war: space station view of dead planet earth	Nightmare	Ewan MacColl	4.22
V	1982 request for missiles (e.g. cruise at Greenham)!	Please Mr Reagan	Peggy Seeger	18.07
V	1985 mocks the government’s concept of a nuclear shelter	Super Nuclear Shelter	John Pole	20A.17
V	1982 accident to reactor in nuclear plant	Take The Children & Run	Don Lange	18.01
V	1984 Peggy's court statement: acting for the future!	Tomorrow	Peggy Seeger	19.22
V	1980 effects of nuclear war: throwing away the planet.	Vandals The	Ewan MacColl	17.08
V	1970 nuclear waste & other pollutants: story of how beautiful the world was before. Silent Spring II.	Wasteland Lullabye	Peggy Seeger	4.23
W	1984 the horrible weaponry we give to fathers!	Armanent Lullabye	Bob Bossin	19.24
W	1968 capitalism - trade in arms to Nigeria	Dead Men The	Peggy Seeger	2.02
W	1984 shot down i World War II but still forced to work	Go to Work on Monday	Si Kahn	19.01
W	1984 arms industry - a job's a job or is it something worse?	Men Who Make the Missiles The	Kevin Littlewood	19.02
W	1984 stuff your medals. No one wins the war	Tune of Death	Jock Purdon	19.07
W	1981 make love not war - rich world (love) poor world (war)	Under The Leaves of Life	John Pole	17.06
W	1982 Falklands War: French missile. Uk trained pilot.	When the Glory's All Gone	John Pole & Banner of Birmingham	19.19
W	1985 peace would be wish no. 1 in a divided world	Wishes	Maria Tolly	20.14
X	1970 agony aunt envious of client's knowledge of sex.	Advice to the Lovelorn	John Fryer	4.12
X	1970 courting - metaphor drawn from hard labour	Big Pneumatical Drill The	Eric Finlayson	3.05
X	1977 warning to village folk who fancy roving librarians!	Bold Librarian The	Joy Rutherford	13.09
X	1979 bawdy courting song promoting services of bakers	Bread Makin The	Don Minifie	15.17
X	1972 male view (humorous) on the drawbacks of marriage	Day I Took the Vow The	Ed Pickford	8.12
X	1970 courting - loving encounter curtailed by daytime	In Canning Town	Sandra Kerr	4.21
X	1972 courting - loving encounter versus procrastination	Jimmy Gray	Peggy Seeger	7.04
X	1970 courting - metaphor drawn from nature	Lily The	John Pole	4.02
X	1974 birth control: accidents still possible in a static car	McFadyen's Motor Car	Vera Johnson	10.12
X	1970 courting - metaphor drawn from nature	Mysterious Lover The	Chris Culbert	3.06
X	1971 courting - loving encounter curtailed by daytime	Night-Visiting Song	Sheila Douglas	6.08
X	1970 courting - loving encounter ending in male exhaustion	Nightshift	Peggy Seeger	6.1
X	1976 mother advises daughter not to fear dexterous musicians	O Mither Mither	Sheila Douglas	12.03
X	1977 unlucky in courting then unlucky when a man wants to stick around.	Ones That Got Away The	Joy Ashworth	13.1
X	1974 advice to prudes on how to hide their natural curiosity.	Streak	Patricia O'Nell	10.25
X	1966 courting - romance ends in disappointment	Sweet Thames Flow Softly	Ewan MacColl	6.12
X	1979 bawdy courting using economic jargon	Taxing Pleasures	Paul Wilson	15.04
X	1980 well argued case for mating!	They All Do It	Sam Richards	16.15
X	1971 courting - loving encounter ending in male exhaustion	Too Much of a Good Thing	Sheila Douglas	6.09
X	1975 a courting plea for adventure	Winter Song	Hamish MacColl	11.08
X	1977 a love song: the joy of being together	You and I	Ewan MacColl	14.15
Y	1972 comment on life: pros & cons of different ages	Age in Between The	Michael Flood	8.1
Y	1973 tribute to Margaret James who died in a car crash	Angel in Black	J.F. MacNamara	9.18
Y	1984 effect on children when parents separate	I Cried	Ruth Pelham	19.05
Y	1973 joys and hardships arising from new born baby	Lullabye for a Very New Baby	Peggy Seeger	9.12
Y	1985 Old age: little energy but golden memories.	My Get Up and Go	Pete Seeger	20.24
Y	1970 family: questions to son ready to leave the nest	My Son	Peggy Seeger	4.09
Y	1982 tribute to fighter - probably a campaigner to emulate	People Like You	Si Kahn	18.19
Y	1975 profile of son: Calum MacColl	Song for Calum	Peggy Seeger	11.16
Y	1973 May/June daydream - stress of exam results	Talking Exam Blues	J.F. MacNamara	9.03
Z	1976 dog fouling in Harlow	Canine Eneuretic The	Bob Gale and David Everett	12.15
Z	1982 response to perceived increase in the cat population	Cats Are Taking Over The	Leslie Fish	18.11
Z	1973 amusing narrative: bull reacts to electric shock	Crazy Mixed-up Bull The	Sheila Douglas	9.23
Z	1972 birdwatching is better than seeking out fairies	Hollow Hill The	Jimmy Brown	7.08
Z	1975 the moment when two incompatible creatures meet	Swallow and Trout	Fred Rooke	11.02
Z	1972 the hunter becomes the hunted	Wolviston Rook Shoot	Graeme Miles	7.02
	1982 Potted version: illustrating lack of realism in ballad plots	Oor Hamlet	Adam McNaughtan	18.15
	1973 a shambolic band ends up playing to cows	Piddlethwaite Jug Band Hits the Charts The	Trevor Crozier & Kevin Sheldon	9.02

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