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