New City Songster - by Volume
Volumes 1-20A-listed by: -Subject--Author--Song title--Volume--Year
Volume: 1---2---3 ---4 & 5---6---7---8---9---10---11---12---13---14---15---16---17---18---19---20---20A
Volume | Title | Author | Subject | Year |
1.01 | Ballad of The Big Cigars | Ewan MacColl | K | 1968 Cuba - history of the revolution |
1.02 | Lament for the Death of a Nobody | Ewan MacColl | B | 1968 - from gold watch to scrap heap and anonymity: your fate if you demand too little |
1.03 | Song of Choice | Peggy Seeger | B | 1967 - don't let apathy make you blind to fascisim |
1.04 | Brother Did You Weep? | Ewan MacColl | J | 1967 Vietnam - description of brutality sponsored by West |
1.05 | I Support the Boycott | Peggy Seeger | M | 1963 South Africa - refusal to buy their food & drinks |
1.06 | Grey October | Critics Group | J | 1968 Vietnam - comparison of carnage with toll from Aberfan |
1.07 | Student Edward | Ewan MacColl | C | 1968 after Paris riots. Conditioning via beatings & gas |
2.01 | Black Boy Ballad | Trevor Lashbrook | N | 1969 boy born on Hackney Estate - life of abuse |
2.02 | Dead Men The | Peggy Seeger | W | 1968 capitalism - trade in arms to Nigeria |
2.03 | Hull Trawler Disaster The | Frankie Armstrong | S | 1969 avoidable disaster - owners take no responsibility |
2.04 | Well Get The Concrete In | Ian Stewart | S | 1969 avoidable disaster - owners only interested in job |
2.05 | Prime Minister Cut Down in His Prime The | 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 |
2.06 | Compañeros The | Ewan MacColl | K | 1968 Cuba - courage of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara |
2.07 | Che Guevara | Peggy Seeger | K | 1968 Cuba - Che Guevara hunted down in Bolivia |
2.08 | Little Sashes | Hammond D. | I | 1969 Ireland - conditioning from different factions |
2.09 | China Rag The | Sandra Kerr and Ewan MacColl | C | 1969 superiority of Britain (Harold's wage freeze!) to China |
2.1 | Hello Friend | Peggy Seeger | N | 1969 Birmingham in wake of rivers of blood speech |
3.01 | Ballad of Accounting The | Ewan MacColl | B | 1964 audit: have you acted to shape society or merely accepted an unjust status quo? |
3.02 | Jack the Lad | John Pole | F | 1970 search for escape leads to lethal dose of methadone taken for a laugh |
3.03 | We Don't Want to Live Like That | Ewan MacColl | C | 1968 post Paris - we see through the propaganda! |
3.04 | Tidbits for Tenants | Anon | E | 1970 overcrowding frozen wages and evictions. |
3.05 | Big Pneumatical Drill The | Eric Finlayson | X | 1970 courting - metaphor drawn from hard labour |
3.06 | Mysterious Lover The | Chris Culbert | X | 1970 courting - metaphor drawn from nature |
3.07 | Bridget and the Pill | Brian Pearson | O | 1970 courting - birth control discouraged by the Pope |
3.08 | Bogside Man The | McIlvogue | I | 1970 Ireland - violent resistance to heavy policing |
3.09 | White Tornado The | Jim O'Connor | M | 1970 South Africa - apartheid / racism in rugby |
3.1 | Clayton Aniline Song The | Pete Smith | S | 1970 injury or poor health resulting from work |
3.11 | Children The | Peggy Seeger | B | 1968 - don't build walls to shut out poverty and war |
3.12 | Bold Enoch Powell | Brian Pearson | A | 1970 after expulsion from cabinet: rivers of blood speech |
3.13 | Teachers Need to do Homework | John Faulkner and Sandra Kerr | T | 1970 need for teachers to learn from miners and dustmen about the power of strike action. |
3.14 | Ballad of Rosie The | Dick Snell | E | 1970 responding to eviction attempt |
3.15 | Backs Against The Wall | Donneil Kennedy | E | 1970 squatting new flats as a response to pricey slums |
Vol 4/5 4.01 |
Unknown Soldier The | Jack Warshaw | J | 1970 Vietnam - American G.I. changes to Ho Chi Minh's side |
4.02 | Lily The | John Pole | X | 1970 courting - metaphor drawn from nature |
4.03 | O'Reilly and the Big MacNeill | Donneil Kennedy | L | 1970 the big man on the building site is cut down to size by the rumour/legend of a bigger man. |
4.04 | Grape-Pickers' Tragedy | Jack Warshaw | K | 1970 Mexico: death through dangerous work conditions |
4.05 | Jeelie-Piece Song The | Adam McNaughtan | E | 1970 unsuitability of high-rise flats e.g. children's play |
4.06 | Travellers Came to Red-Bridge The | Dick Snell and The Critics Group | N | 1970 travellers unwanted in Walsall Galilee Auschwitz. Fault of all of us since we elect The Council |
4.07 | Brother | Jack Warshaw | J | 1970 Vietnam: encouragement to change sides |
4.08 | Boots and Laces | Miles Wootton | F | 1971 disaffected youth - vandalism and violence |
4.09 | My Son | Peggy Seeger | Y | 1970 family: questions to son ready to leave the nest |
4.10 | Prince Philip's Lament | Frankie Armstrong Brian Pearson Pat Creedy & Geoff Lowe | A | 1970 personal traits & beliefs on class differences |
4.11 | Barney Hughes ' Bakery Van | McIlvogue | I | 1970 Ireland: Belfast bakery van thwarts B-specials |
4.12 | Advice to the Lovelorn | John Fryer | X | 1970 agony aunt envious of client's knowledge of sex. |
4.13 | Hippies and the Beatniks The | Miles Wootton | O | 1970 alternative lifestyle for woman cast as housewife. |
4.14 | Orient Company The | Peter O'Toole | R | 1970 response to London unemployment: emigrating on a very hot steam turbine steam while awaiting better work |
4.15 | At The CentrePoint | John Pole and Peggy Seeger | E | 1970 office blocks lying empty for nearly three years |
4.16 | Fields of Vietnam The | Ewan MacColl | J | 1967 Vietnam: history of brave struggle against France & USA |
4.17 | Ballad of Jack Lynch | McIlvogue | I | 1970 Ireland: workers unite informers and those selling out their country to England. |
4.18 | Tunnel Tigers The | Ewan MacColl | Q | 1966 toil of Irishmen digging the London Underground in dark conditions while other people enjoy light. |
4.19 | Iron-Moulder's Wedding The | Graeme Miles | Q | 1970 people wear their occupations even at a wedding! |
4.2 | Cut-Price Hero | Ewan MacColl | A | 1970 Enoch Powell - racist beliefs |
4.21 | In Canning Town | Sandra Kerr | X | 1970 courting - loving encounter curtailed by daytime |
4.22 | Nightmare | Ewan MacColl | V | 1970 nuclear war: space station view of dead planet earth |
4.23 | Wasteland Lullabye | Peggy Seeger | V | 1970 nuclear waste & other pollutants: story of how beautiful the world was before. Silent Spring II. |
6.01 | Jenny Bell | Mahala Nice | O | 1971 giving & unafraid pregnant & child adopted |
6.02 | Do You Wanna Come Clean? | Sandra Kerr | U | 1971 air quality |
6.03 | Kent Massacre The | Jack Warshaw | J | 1970 Vietnam protest at Kent College. US students murdered by Ohio National Guard. |
6.04 | Mr. Fox | John Pole | O | 1971 violence to women - abduction and murder. |
6.05 | We Are the Engineers | Ewan MacColl | T | 1960 in praise of these skilled workers and their union. |
6.06 | McCoy Hotel The | Jack Warshaw | E | 1971 high-rise for poor (crowded) V high-rise for the rich |
6.07 | New Boys The | Ewan MacColl | D | 1970 Ted Heath's Cabinet - mainly men |
6.08 | Night-Visiting Song | Sheila Douglas | X | 1971 courting - loving encounter curtailed by daytime |
6.09 | Too Much of a Good Thing | Sheila Douglas | X | 1971 courting - loving encounter ending in male exhaustion |
6.1 | Nightshift | Peggy Seeger | X | 1970 courting - loving encounter ending in male exhaustion |
6.11 | Tea-Leaf Song | Colin Meadows | F | 1971 thief disaffected from the system by low pay |
6.12 | Sweet Thames Flow Softly | Ewan MacColl | X | 1966 courting - romance ends in disappointment |
6.13 | Ballad of Ho Chi Minh The | Ewan MacColl | J | 1954 Vietnam after defeat of French at Dien Bien Pau |
6.14 | Black Lung | Hazel Dickson | S | 1969 injury or poor health from work |
6.15 | Uncle Sam | Peggy Seeger | J | 1970 the several faces of US imperialism |
6.16 | Instant Food | Miles Wootton | H | 1971 downside of fast food: unhealthy tasteless boring |
6.17 | Yankee Doodle | Ewan MacColl | J | 1967 Vietnam composed under Wilson recorded under Heath. Details the atrocities of US war. |
6.18 | Fred the Computer | Miles Wootton | G | 1971 causes havoc / nuclear war - never trust machines! |
6.19 | We Are the Young Ones | Peggy Seeger | C | 1970 post Paris riots. Old hypocritical order wearing thin |
6.2 | Tall and Proud | Ewan MacColl | J | 1970 Vietnam - an alternative view to Nixon's our boys are standing tall and proud out there. |
7.01 | Punch and Judy | John Pole | O | 1972 institutional violence - always the same story |
7.02 | Wolviston Rook Shoot | Graeme Miles | Z | 1972 the hunter becomes the hunted |
7.03 | Western Trader The | Jimmy Brown | Q | 1972 showcasing hard work - steam ships |
7.04 | Jimmy Gray | Peggy Seeger | X | 1972 courting - loving encounter versus procrastination |
7.05 | Banks of the Tees The | Graeme Miles | P | 1972 atmosphere of Teesside - dying industries |
7.06 | Shellback Song | Ewan MacColl | Q | 1972 hey-day of sea faring and the shellbacks who are no more |
7.07 | Bogside Doodle-bug | McIlvogue | I | 1972 Ireland - violent resistance to heavy policing |
7.08 | Hollow Hill The | Jimmy Brown | Z | 1972 birdwatching is better than seeking out fairies |
7.09 | Sea-Coal | Graeme Miles | Q | 1972 showcasing hard work - sea-coal selling |
7.1 | Rubber Bullets | Wylde | I | 1972 Ireland - life behind the barricades |
7.11 | Orange and the Green The | Paul O'Brien | I | 1972 Ireland - call to workers to rise up over factions |
7.12 | They'll be the Lads | Graeme Miles | Q | 1972 showcasing hard work as a moulder or foundry man |
7.13 | Exploration | Gordon McCulloch & Paul Lenihan | I | 1972 Ireland - emigrating in order to work |
7.14 | I'm Gonna be an Engineer | Peggy Seeger | O | 1971 discrimination in the workplace against women |
7.15 | Captain Reynolds | John Pole | O | 1972 individual who murders women is torn apart like a fox |
7.16 | Anti-Carol | John Pole | E | 1972 no room at the inn updated to modern squalour |
7.17 | Smuggling Men The | Wylde | I | 1972 Ireland - control by spiking roads crossing the border |
7.18 | Darling Annie | Peggy Seeger | O | 1971 relationships - gender equality |
7.19 | With Love to Angela Davis | Ewan MacColl | B | 1971 call to action (using guns if necessary) - note Amnesty's refusal to support ANC due to resort to guns |
7.2 | Sludge-Boat Song The | Jimmy Brown | Q | 1972 in recognition of boats carrying effluence from Glasgow |
8.01 | Buffalo Holler | Peggy Seeger | S | 1972 accident arising from working condition: slate mine |
8.02 | Nation of Animal Lovers | Ewan MacColl | B | 1968 British trait of preferring tame animals to humans |
8.03 | Herring Grounds Of Forth The | Matt Armour | S | 1972 accident arising from working condition: herring fishing |
8.04 | Moor O' Hograh The | Graeme Miles | P | 1972 atmosphere of the moors |
8.05 | Lairdsfield Disaster The | Graeme Miles | S | 1972 accident arising from working condition: cargo vessel |
8.06 | Tees-side British | Erick Gooding | Q | 1972 Dorman's Ackland Steel Plant up until its closure |
8.07 | Farewell to Ireland | Ewan MacColl | I | 1972 Ireland - emigrating in order to work |
8.08 | Stan | Don Henderson | L | 1972 AU strikes - relationship between factory owner & workers |
8.09 | Westgate Bridge The | Don Henderson | L | 1972 AU accident arising from poor & hurried construction |
8.1 | Age in Between The | Michael Flood | Y | 1972 comment on life: pros & cons of different ages |
8.11 | Someone Up There | Don Henderson | L | 1972 AU snooping watching invasions of privacy |
8.12 | Day I Took the Vow The | Ed Pickford | X | 1972 male view (humorous) on the drawbacks of marriage |
8.13 | Tam Bridie | Matt Armour | S | 1972 accident arising from working condition: fishing aged 15 |
8.14 | Shira Dam The | Helen Fullerton | S | 1972 casualties from hard labour building the dam |
8.15 | Bermondsey Ballad A | Michael Flood | R | 1972 grim life of teacher unexpectedly improved by errant pupil's dad who turns on the real nuisance |
8.16 | A-83 The | Helen Fullerton | P | 1972 spectacular scenery along Scottish road |
8.17 | Nowhere Now | Hamish MacColl | F | 1972 alienation disaffected youth trapped in a cell |
8.18 | Caviar on the Rent Book | Bob Gale | E | 1972 myth of scroungers; driven to crime to pay rent |
9.01 | Watergate | Peggy Seeger | A | 1973 Richard Nixon - person & policies |
9.02 | Piddlethwaite Jug Band Hits the Charts The | Trevor Crozier & Kevin Sheldon | 1973 a shambolic band ends up playing to cows | |
9.03 | Talking Exam Blues | J.F. MacNamara | Y | 1973 May/June daydream - stress of exam results |
9.04 | Happy Pappy and the Funny un People | Hamish MacColl | E | 1973 comparison of living conditions of different classes |
9.05 | Giant Leek The | Ed Pigford | H | 1973 Leek Show challenge and attempted sabotage |
9.06 | South Stratford Lady The | Claudia Gould | O | 1973 leave home domestic service become pregnant end up homeless baby's body found. |
9.07 | Manner of the World Nowadays The | Peggy Seeger | D | 1973 unacceptable face of capitalism (for Shelter) |
9.08 | My Wedding Day | C & T Dibley | A | 1973 Princess Anne - November wedding to Mark Phillips |
9.09 | Look at You! | Ewan MacColl | F | 1968 alienation among teenagers caused by parents dropping out of life. |
9.1 | Rambling Boy | Jerry Spring | O | 1973 rambling around is not the prerogative of men only; women ramble too! |
9.11 | Alvediston Shepherd The | Paul Whiteley | R | 1973 contribution of poor weather to working conditions. |
9.12 | Lullabye for a Very New Baby | Peggy Seeger | Y | 1973 joys and hardships arising from new born baby |
9.13 | Testimonial | Peter Bellamy | P | 1973 valley of Stiffkey between Kings Lynn and Norwich |
9.14 | Big Stockbroker Country The | Mick Sadler | D | 1973 tongue-in-cheek wish to live like a rich capitalist |
9.15 | I Want to Lie Here in the Sun | Miles Wootton | F | 1973 kids-lib song rejecting rules but also sensible diet! |
9.16 | Let's Pretend | Ewan MacColl | B | 1968 using escapism to shut out the world as it is |
9.17 | At the Raleigh | Seth Miles | S | 1973 poor health resulting from hard working conditions |
9.18 | Angel in Black | J.F. MacNamara | Y | 1973 tribute to Margaret James who died in a car crash |
9.19 | Migrant Labourer The | Dicky Bondy | Q | 1973 showcasing heavy work in construction industry |
9.2 | Three Quid a Week | Mick Ryan | R | 1973 kids who leave school without good exam results face low wages which drive them into the army |
9.21 | Night Rider | heard in a club in Barking | A | 1973 Lord Longford - crusades against pornography |
9.22 | Live Wire | anon | A | 1973 Richard Nixon - caught out for bugging |
9.23 | Crazy Mixed-up Bull The | Sheila Douglas | Z | 1973 amusing narrative: bull reacts to electric shock |
10.01 | Allende's Song | Don Lange | K | 1974 US imperialism: re Chile |
10.02 | Dryin' Green The | Eric Finlayson & Wylde | P | 1974 day in the life of a public open space (Scotland) |
10.03 | Graveyard Shift The | Les Gleason | Q | 1974 hard work drinking and banter with the wife |
10.04 | Word The | Vera Johnson | C | 1974 don't censor when info is already known by all! |
10.05 | Transport Cowboy | Sam Richards | T | 1974 warning to strike-busters |
10.06 | Men o' the North The | Sheila Douglas | P | 1974 changing occupations reflected in landscape |
10.07 | Building Speculator The | Sam Richards | E | 1974 a curse on this monster. |
10.08 | Freedom Won't Lie Easy | Rod Shearman | K | 1974 Chilean dictatorship cannot silence everybody. |
10.09 | Big Man | Peggy Seeger | J | 1973 US imperialism in its various guises |
10.1 | Come Tae Your Dad | Jim Brown | R | 1974 hard times for father to encourage son: unemployment |
10.11 | New Song On The City of Belfast A | Wylde | I | 1974 Belfast's troubles are its life. Rioting becomes a purpose. |
10.12 | McFadyen's Motor Car | Vera Johnson | X | 1974 birth control: accidents still possible in a static car |
10.13 | Regular Randy Dandy | John Moulden & Wylde | Q | 1974 showcasing toil of a Belfast riveter and shipwright |
10.14 | Hard Times | Hamish MacColl | F | 1974 alienation in simple steps from school to prison cell |
10.15 | Internment | Wylde | I | 1974 Ireland: a call for freedom amid violent conflict |
10.16 | Sheik of Araby The | Anon | J | 1974 lament: when oil Sheik's stop supporting the West. |
10.17 | Old Glasgow Town | Jim Brown | P | 1974 change reflected in the landscape. New generation. |
10.18 | Juggernaut | John Pole | U | 1974 pollution of atmosphere and depletion of resources |
10.19 | Talking Want Ad Blues | Janet Smith | O | 1974 reversal of traditional male/female roles Re housework |
10.2 | Deep-Sea Fishermen The | Matt Armour | S | 1974 hard work off shores of Iceland risking life & limb |
10.21 | Still He Slumbered | Sam Richards | T | 1974 man's attendance at workplace gets later and later but when there's a strike he gets there very early! |
10.22 | Layabouts | Vera Johnson | Q | 1974 in praise of layabouts whose work does no harm! |
10.23 | Jack Wilson | Sam Richards | U | 1974 poor transport planning kills villages & increases pollution. |
10.24 | Chips | Vera Johnson | H | 1974 everything on the menu comes with chips even chips! |
10.25 | Streak | Patricia O'Nell | X | 1974 advice to prudes on how to hide their natural curiosity. |
11.01 | Propeller Song The | Jim Brown | R | 1975 toil as punishment for messing with boss's daughter. |
11.02 | Swallow and Trout | Fred Rooke | Z | 1975 the moment when two incompatible creatures meet |
11.03 | Girls in Our Town | Bob Hudson | L | 1975 AU isolation of teenage girls in Australia who grow up all to quickly. |
11.04 | Ballad of Alison Kraus | Don Lange | J | 1970 Vietnam protest at Kent College. A student in US murdered by National Guard. |
11.05 | Coal Hole Cavalry | Ted Edwards | P | 1975 working day in Wigan marked by the sound of clogs |
11.06 | Henry Kissinger | Ed Pickford | A | 1975 statesman/peacemaker by day & playboy by night |
11.07 | Down at Our Canteen | Ted Edwards | H | 1975 Liverpool lament: the food is unfit for consumption |
11.08 | Winter Song | Hamish MacColl | X | 1975 a courting plea for adventure |
11.09 | Modern Army Can't Fight Song The | Don Lange | J | 1975 lament by a gun-nut army lifer deprived of war |
11.1 | Workers' Christmas Carol | Anon | R | 1975 jobs with no holidays divide families |
11.11 | Roving Fifer The | Matt Armour | R | 1975 enough of roving & temporary employment: layoffs |
11.12 | Multigrab and Unibrew | Miles Wootton | D | 1975 unacceptable capitalism: RE quality of the bitter |
11.13 | Up in Wisconsin | Don Lange | U | 1975 harming the environment with chemicals concrete etc. |
11.14 | Bloody Wakes Week | Ian Parr | P | 1975 boredom re annual shutdown of Lancashire Mill towns |
11.15 | Harvest Home The | Matt Armour | Q | 1975 cod fishing: hard work can be enjoyable if you don't stress |
11.16 | Song for Calum | Peggy Seeger | Y | 1975 profile of son: Calum MacColl |
11.17 | Parliamentary Polka | Ewan MacColl | D | 1977 pay restraint is the answer to everything! Go on grafting! |
11.18 | Out of My Pocket | Peggy Seeger | D | 1974 money from my hard work goes to them not me! |
11.19 | Work-Study Song | Ian Parr | S | 1975 beware of productivity deals which offer more pay but give you so much to do that you flake out. |
11.2 | Requiem for a Steel Town | Ted Edwards | P | 1976 Irlam near Manchester dies with its steelworks |
12.01 | Winter Song | Ian Parr | R | 1976 injustice of economic downturn and unemployment |
12.02 | One Miner's Life | Ed Pickford | R | 1976 injustice of downturn in mining due to cheap oil |
12.03 | O Mither Mither | Sheila Douglas | X | 1976 mother advises daughter not to fear dexterous musicians |
12.04 | Belfast Song | Eric Bogle | I | 1976 cost of the conflict for families losing sons: wasted lives? |
12.05 | Isle of May | Matt Armour | P | 1976 nine miles off Anstruther in mouth of the Firth of Forth |
12.06 | Big Mansion House | Eric Bogle | D | 1976 mill owner's house reflects class inequality |
12.07 | Bampton Fair | Paul Wilson | P | 1976 Atmospheric song. Mixed feelings about a place |
12.08 | Factory Lads | Sam Richards | R | 1976 tongue-in-cheek picture of ideal working conditions |
12.09 | Ladybird | Ted Edwards | D | 1976 unequal society leaves child wishing on his own |
12.1 | Sick Note The | Pat Cooksey | S | 1976 accident arising from working condition: building site |
12.11 | Old Grey London | Hamish MacColl | P | 1976 changing landscape robs London of it soul |
12.12 | Generations of Change | Matt Armour | P | 1976 changing occupations in NE Scotland & coastal waters |
12.13 | Nine-Month Blues | Peggy Seeger | O | 1976 birth control: a woman's right to choose |
12.14 | Automobile Song The | Joanna Cazden | U | 1976 damage to environment: pollution & resource depletion |
12.15 | Canine Eneuretic The | Bob Gale and David Everett | Z | 1976 dog fouling in Harlow |
12.16 | Pitside Is Quiet Today The | Ted Edwards | P | 1976 dead town: closure Irlam steelworks nr Manchester in 1974 |
12.17 | Car Mechanics Song | Paul Wilson | R | 1976 being an all-rounder as a motor mechanic is hard enough; unit replacement will mean fewer of them |
12.18 | Asbestos Dust | Sam Richards | S | 1976 asbestos dust as part of poor working conditions |
12.19 | Now I'm Easy | Eric Bogle | R | 1976 hard life of a cocky farmer is easier because it's nearly over |
12.2 | Canteen Tea | Alan Lavercombe | H | 1976 no escape from poor canteen tea even in heaven! |
12.21 | Jobs | Ted Edwards | R | 1976 labour exchange has lots of jobs but none for you! |
13.01 | Casuals The | Harry Robertson | R | 1977 ups & downs of being on a temporary contract |
13.02 | Channels The | Graham Penny | S | 1977 nervous anticipation & physical sickness when sailors are within a day or two of docking after sea toil. |
13.03 | Ballad of Real Ale | Kevin Pratt | H | 1977 superiority of pump-pulled real ale over bottled ale or pressurised beers |
13.04 | Black and White | Ewan MacColl | M | 1961 anti-apartheid song following Sharpeville massacre |
13.05 | Home Soldier Home | Wylde | I | 1977 a British troops out of Belfast song |
13.06 | High Clay Lands The | Bob Hughes | P | 1977 Suffolk where children are worn out through farm labour |
13.07 | Simple Life The | Chris Rogers | P | 1977 camp-site surroundings: better than the city?? |
13.08 | Mary and Me | Eric Bogle | E | 1977 poverty trap: born in the slum die in the slum |
13.09 | Bold Librarian The | Joy Rutherford | X | 1977 warning to village folk who fancy roving librarians! |
13.1 | Ones That Got Away The | Joy Ashworth | X | 1977 unlucky in courting then unlucky when a man wants to stick around. |
13.11 | Queensland Whalers The | Harry Robertson | L | 1977 AU Moreton bay hunting the humpback whale. |
13.12 | Band Played Waltzing Matilda The | Eric Bogle | L | 1977 AU patriots' charter ignores the lessons of war. |
13.13 | Housewife's Alphabet | Peggy Seeger | O | 1976 poor working conditions of housewife |
13.14 | Workers' Song The | Ed Pickford | D | 1977 cast aside by new tech but needed as canon fodder |
13.15 | Tankerman's Song | Harry Robertson | R | 1977 no home life for drivers of big tankers months away at sea for low pay. |
13.16 | Wild Colonial Guy | Alan Whittle | F | 1977 alienation: Birmingham boy goes his own way and ends up in prison |
13.17 | King Kong | Sam Richards | M | 1977 ambition of a S African boxer thwarted due to race |
13.18 | Song of the Immigrant | Chris Rogers | N | 1977 Midlands: refused office work loan. A scapegoat. |
13.19 | Labouring Man The | Sam Richards | Q | 1977 showcasing good labouring practices & lamenting the death of them! |
13.2 | Trico Strike The | Sam Richards | T | 1977 strike victory: equal pay for women in spite of obstacles. |
14.01 | Voices from the Mountain | Ruthie Gorton | S | 1978 harm done by strip mining: environment & black lung |
14.02 | Song for an Irish Colleen | 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 |
14.03 | Father's Song The | Ewan MacColl | D | 1978 father's lullaby: advice to son on big wide world |
14.04 | Invader The | Peggy Seeger | V | 1978 abuse of the planet: nuclear waste |
14.05 | Exile Song The | Barry Gilder | M | 1976 difficulties of being in exile while struggle goes on |
14.06 | Economy Game The | David Everett | R | 1978 cuts to education and their effects on teachers & pupils |
14.07 | On the Assembly Line | Miles Wootton | G | 1978 assembly lines for every time of life - even death |
14.08 | Legal Illegal | Ewan MacColl | D | 1977 the law is 'a con' supporting the rich and the great. |
14.09 | Bum Again | David Everett | F | 1978 disillusionment in time of heavy government cuts: from school onto the dole |
14.1 | Miss Heroin | Anon | F | 1978 drug addiction: soldiers returning from Vietnam war |
14.11 | Blast Against Blackguards | Ewan MacColl | D | 1977 freedom belongs to the rich: the rightful owners! |
14.12 | Soweto Song | Barry Gilder | M | 1978 the struggle goes on in spite/because of casualties |
14.13 | Winnie and Sam | Peggy Seeger | O | 1978 domestic violence regardless of class background |
14.14 | Shift-Worker's Lament | Alan Lavercombe | R | 1978 harm done by shift work to life including sex life! |
14.15 | You and I | Ewan MacColl | X | 1977 a love song: the joy of being together |
14.16 | I am Homeless | Anon | O | 1978 homelessness trap in context of domestic violence |
14.17 | Tenant Farmer | Ewan MacColl | R | 1977 from agriculture to industrial production line in order to afford the cost of food |
14.18 | Caged Bird | Ernie Oakleaf | O | 1978 offer to take stock and help knock down cage's door |
14.19 | Today is his Signing Day | George Mitchell | S | 1978 unemployment life without a purpose |
14.2 | Emily | Peggy Seeger | O | 1977 a bare refuge is better than domestic violence |
14.21 | Coldbath Fields | Bill Meek | P | 1978 hard labour in a prison |
15.01 | Bad Beer | Paul Wilson | H | 1979 passing the buck for beer so nasty that the chemical mix didn't even succeed as disinfectant. |
15.02 | What Care I? | Brian O'Keefe | L | 1979 AU hard life as a rover/conscript always moving on! |
15.03 | Where is Your Daddy Son? | Ewan MacColl | M | 1978 anti-apartheid struggle tears men from families |
15.04 | Taxing Pleasures | Paul Wilson | X | 1979 bawdy courting using economic jargon |
15.05 | Kingaroy King | Ewan MacColl | L | 1979 AU Joh Belke-Petersen - gerrymandering in Queensland |
15.06 | Doing Time | anon | L | 1979 AU tough conditions in an Australian jail |
15.07 | Looking for Work | Clem Parkinson | L | 1979 AU to politician who blames workers for inflation |
15.08 | Pit Away Your Fancy Dress | Ian Davison | O | 1979 unwanted pregnancy trap: home / job / baby? |
15.09 | G.M.H. Song | Clem Parkinson | L | 1979 AU plea to nationalise US-owned General Motors Holden |
15.1 | High Street Motorway The | Ian Davison | U | 1979 proposed E flank of Glasgow's inner ring-road thru town |
15.11 | Different Therefore Equal | Peggy Seeger | O | 1978 logic of equality of opportunity for women and men |
15.12 | We'll All be Home & Dry | Roger Wodiss & Denny Kevans | L | 1979 AU who gains when unions exercise pay restraint? |
15.13 | Reclaim the Night | Peggy Seeger | O | 1979 women's right to be free from rape & to say No |
15.14 | Little Girl Child | Peggy Seeger | O | 1978 advice to daughter not to accept second best |
15.15 | Song of the Sheet-Metal Worker | John Dengate | L | 1979 AU change to industrial lifestyle imposed by poverty |
15.16 | When the Bells Ring | Ian Davison | P | 1979 Hogmanay - New Year in Scotland |
15.17 | Bread Makin The | Don Minifie | X | 1979 bawdy courting song promoting services of bakers |
15.18 | It's Really Me to Blame | Scott Clement | B | 1979 my abject silence allows global injustice & inequality |
15.19 | A-30 | Miles Wootton | P | 1979 rainy environment as an alternative to Costa Brava |
15.2 | Bill From Exskineville | John Dengate | L | 1979 AU ordinary family bloke struggling to survive |
15.21 | Brass Band Song | Scott Clement | P | 1979 listen to your surroundings to make the best music |
16.01 | Homeless Man | Harry Robertson | E | 1980 lonely life trapped as an outcast drifter and drinker |
16.02 | My Old Man | Ewan MacColl | R | 1986 effects of temporary work and unemployment |
16.03 | Acceptable Risks | Charlie King | V | 1957 nuclear testing in Nevada desert: leukaemia |
16.04 | Four Minute Warning | Peggy Seeger | V | 1980 effects if a nuclear war in the south of England |
16.05 | All Used Up | Utah Phillips | U | 1980 using up people to use up the planet! |
16.06 | Royalty Royalty Shock | John Dengate | A | 1980 sympathy for queen surrounded by idiots |
16.07 | Cargo of Dread | Don Lange | V | 1980 transport of nuclear materials |
16.08 | Androids The | Ewan MacColl | A | 1980 Margaret Thatcher - likened to an alien being. |
16.09 | Blair Peach | Anon | N | 1979 NZ teacher died in police custody after anti-Fascist demo. |
16.1 | Southern English labourer The | Paul Wilson | R | 1980 who gets the benefit from almost any labouring job? |
16.11 | Apathy Joe | Ted Edwards | B | 1976 leave the protesting (strikes & Chile) to others! |
16.12 | Empires of Plenty | Sam Richards | Q | 1980 forced to change from agricultural to industrial work to pay for food grown on the land left behind. |
16.13 | Let Us Praise Famous Men and Women | Ewan MacColl | A | 1980 Margaret Thatcher - critique of person & policies |
16.14 | Trouble in Coal Country | Arthur Smith | T | 1978 / 79 attempt to break miners strike in US: Carter |
16.15 | They All Do It | Sam Richards | X | 1980 well argued case for mating! |
16.16 | Maggie Mary | John Marchant & Ian Dobson | R | 1980 unemployment and homelessness |
16.17 | Agent Orange Song | Muriel Hogan | J | 1980 Vietnam - use of chemicals comes home to roost in USA |
16.18 | F-One-Double-One The | Lyall Sayers & Clem Parkinson | V | 1980 the downside of weapons including nuclear |
16.19 | Plea to the Undeserving A | Ted Power | D | 1980 it's alright for some but not all. Fairness please! |
17.01 | Coal and Albert Berry The | Ted Edwards | S | 1981 mining involves fatalities but fighting the coal will continue |
17.02 | Ballad of Pat Brady The | Don Minifie | F | 1981 crime: prison helps to make crime pay! |
17.03 | Draglines | Deborah Silverstein | U | 1981 destruction of homes & habitats from strip mining |
17.04 | Nobody Knew She Was There | Ewan MacColl | O | 1977 Ewan's mother's toil & isolation as a cleaner. |
17.05 | What The Poet Called Her | Ewan MacColl | O | 1980 reject men who cast you into unequal roles. Find one who shares the housework but writes a good poem too. |
17.06 | Under The Leaves of Life | John Pole | W | 1981 make love not war - rich world (love) poor world (war) |
17.07 | Fishes Need Bicycles | Clem Parkinson | L | 1981 AU man courts a flat fish which actually needs a bicycle! |
17.08 | Vandals The | Ewan MacColl | V | 1980 effects of nuclear war: throwing away the planet. |
17.09 | Misfit's Story | Yan Sharangparni | N | 1981 freedom to roam in Brixton without skinhead attack. |
17.1 | Enough is Enough | Peggy Seeger | V | 1981 enough trouble in world without nuclear weapons |
17.11 | Kilroy Was Here | Ewan MacColl | Q | 1980 in praise of the anonymous labour which drives the system |
17.12 | Uni-Multi-Factors Int. | Paul Wilson & Marilyn Tucker | R | 1981 laying off and rehiring with time and motion facilitated by Monopoly power. The Jaeger song. |
17.13 | I'm a Pneumo | Jim Moreland & Keith Gregson | S | 1981 National Coal Boards lame attempts to protect lungs and denials of damage to health. |
17.14 | Microbe's Picnic The | Clem Parkinson | L | 1981 AU pollution of beaches in Port Phillip Melbourne |
17.15 | Laid Off | Alan Lavercombe | R | 1981 no social stigma any more for the numerous unemployed! |
17.16 | Thi Fayther's Comin' Wom | Ted Edwards | R | 1981 work in the pit leaves limited time to play with kids! |
17.17 | Taft-Hartley Song | Charlie King | T | 1981 cooling-off law designed to break strikes 1979 Carter |
17.18 | Dancing Boilerman The | 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 |
17.19 | Is the Big Fella Gone? | Rod Shearman | U | 1981 finback whale at risk of extinction |
18.01 | Take The Children & Run | Don Lange | V | 1982 accident to reactor in nuclear plant |
18.02 | Hero of Goose Green The | Denis Kevans | L | 1982 AU casualty from The Falklands War |
18.03 | Goodbye Monday Blues | Si Kahn | S | 1982 cotton dust from the mills: dexterity turns to coughing |
18.04 | New Chum Crutcher | Brian O'Keefe | L | 1982 AU lament following inept attempt at sheep-shearing |
18.05 | Fair Rosie | Di Williams | F | 1982 driven by mill town environ into mental home in Lincs |
18.06 | Marvellous Melbourne | Clem Parkinson | L | 1982 AU song about a place loved by Biggs & Stonehouse |
18.07 | Please Mr Reagan | Peggy Seeger | V | 1982 request for missiles (e.g. cruise at Greenham)! |
18.08 | Nice People Like Us | Sam Richards | D | 1982 class divisions needed to sustain nice people! |
18.09 | Gone Gonna Rise Again | Si Kahn | U | 1982 importance of planting seeds to sustain the future |
18.1 | Blood Upon The Grass | Adam McNaughtan | K | 1982 protest at Scotland V Chile fixture. |
18.11 | Cats Are Taking Over The | Leslie Fish | Z | 1982 response to perceived increase in the cat population |
18.12 | Workers' Control Song | Clem Parkinson | L | 1982 AU solution to hard times is to fire those at the top. |
18.13 | Storm Force Ten | Don Lange | U | 1982 oil pollution threat through too many platforms |
18.14 | Goodbye To St Lawrence | Sam Richards | S | 1982 irresponsible mining destroys workforce resulting in closure laying waste to place off Newfoundland |
18.15 | Oor Hamlet | Adam McNaughtan | 1982 Potted version: illustrating lack of realism in ballad plots | |
18.16 | Aragon Mill | Si Kahn | R | 1982 mill closure: empty streets & nowhere to go for mid-lifers |
18.17 | Shopping Around | Alan Lavercombe | O | 1982 man proves that he is better at shopping but returns home with the wrong baby. Can't multi-task! |
18.18 | Old Woman's Song | Claudia Schmidt | F | 1982 old woman isolated: fear of going out gets poor treatment from young left behind by her family |
18.19 | People Like You | Si Kahn | Y | 1982 tribute to fighter - probably a campaigner to emulate |
18.2 | Talking Neutral Gender Blues | Kristin Lems | O | 1982 need for gender equality in language - turned tables! |
19.01 | Go to Work on Monday | Si Kahn | W | 1984 shot down i World War II but still forced to work |
19.02 | Men Who Make the Missiles The | Kevin Littlewood | W | 1984 arms industry - a job's a job or is it something worse? |
19.03 | Way Down The Road | Craig Johnson | J | 1984 stark choice between hard labour (e.g. mining) or war |
19.04 | Urchin's Song | Clem Parkinson | L | 1984 AU children's role models: helluva fighter v helluva singer |
19.05 | I Cried | Ruth Pelham | Y | 1984 effect on children when parents separate |
19.06 | Song of My Da | Paul O'Brien | T | 1984 support the union (not their wars) demand what is yours. |
19.07 | Tune of Death | Jock Purdon | W | 1984 stuff your medals. No one wins the war |
19.08 | Fifty-Nine Cents | Fred Small | O | 1984 discrimination against women in jobs and pay |
19.09 | Maggie Wants a Missile | Sam Richards | A | 1980 Margaret Thatcher - protect & survive years |
19.1 | Layabout Song | Gill Booth | V | 1984 sketch on how others see Greenham women |
19.11 | Carry Greenham Home | Peggy Seeger | V | 1983 Greenham Common Peace Camp - bring the message home |
19.12 | Henry The Accountant | Paul Kaplan | G | 1984 a human brain versus a calculator: the human wins but dies through overwork and is sorely missed! |
19.13 | Wimmin's Ball The | Clem Parkinson | L | 1984 AU warning to men who gatecrash women only events |
19.14 | Anthracite | Tommy Patten | S | 1984 dangers of mining to all but the songwriter who is warm because he has fuel to burn! |
19.15 | Still Ain't Satisfied | Bonnie Lockhart | O | 1984 moves towards gender equality are only token. |
19.16 | Damned Piney Mountains | Craig Johnson | S | 1984 dangers of logging: loss of fingers |
19.17 | Just Lukewarm | Martin Brown | V | 1984 Christmas island nuclear tests of 1958: cancer |
19.18 | Working in the Hospital | Ian Davison | P | 1984 calypso style description of process of being a patient |
19.19 | When the Glory's All Gone | John Pole & Banner of Birmingham | W | 1982 Falklands War: French missile. Uk trained pilot. |
19.2 | Ode to Bob Hawke | Clem Parkinson | L | 1984 AU critique of hollow promises to end the class war |
19.21 | You Ain't Been Doin' Nothin' If You Ain't Been Called a Red | Elliott Keenan | B | 1984 better to field your opponents' jibes than not be involved in the struggle! |
19.22 | Tomorrow | Peggy Seeger | V | 1984 Peggy's court statement: acting for the future! |
19.23 | Lovely Little Island | Peggy Seeger | J | 1984 Cuba 1950s Grenada 1983 and Greenham !983 |
19.24 | Armanent Lullabye | Bob Bossin | W | 1984 the horrible weaponry we give to fathers! |
19.25 | Bits and Pieces | Anon | A | 1980 Margaret Thatcher - friend with Reagan & Pope |
20.01 | Little Boxes - new version | Colin Bargery & Graham Goffe | G | 1985 human workers replaces by unreliable computers |
20.02 | To Our Town | Sue Edmonds | R | 1985 cost of mine closures to the community. Class divide |
20.03 | Bobby I Hardly Knew You | John Quiggin | L | 1985 AU Bob Hawke: move to right went in red came out blue. |
20.04 | If You Want The Bomb | Peggy Seeger | V | 1985 the true cost of nuclear weapons in terms of bills cuts in social services etc |
20.05 | Ode to a Scab | Bronwen Westacott (music Peggy Seeger) | T | 1985 reflect on where breaking the !984 strike will get you! |
20.06 | Tales of '81 | Andy Victor | R | 1985 youth unemployment: no plans or dreams even at 17 |
20.07 | Storm The | Sandy Kreuzer | J | 1985 rich world poor world. Can the level of greed last much longer? |
20.08 | Daddy What Did You Do in The Strike? | Ewan MacColl | T | 1984 miners' strike. Which side were you on? |
20.09 | Media The | Ewan MacColl | C | 1984 propaganda especially during the miners' strike |
20.1 | Temperance Shearers | Clem Parkinson | L | 1985 AU Sheep shearing without beer = despair & confusion. |
20.11 | Only Doing Their Job | Ewan MacColl | D | 1984 unflattering tribute to police as props for the rich |
20.12 | Stitch in Time A | Mike Waterson (tune: Martin Carthy) | O | 1985 drunken wife-beating husband gets stitched in sheets and whacked by his wife. |
20.13 | Nobody Cares About That | Larry Penn | R | 1985 closure of machine tool company. All quiet now. |
20.14 | Wishes | Maria Tolly | W | 1985 peace would be wish no. 1 in a divided world |
20.15 | Blackleg Mining Man | Jock Purdon | T | 1985 unflattering portrait of strike breaker |
20.16 | Upwardly Socially Mobile | Kerith Power | L | 1985 AU We are now fully politicised so get out of the way! |
20.17 | Hamster Sid | Ed Pickford | U | 1985 solution to generating green power from hamster! |
20.18 | Divil's Advice The | Paul O'Brien | I | 1985 amusing reference to devil on earth (Belfast!). Guess who! |
20.19 | Down Along the Soo Line | Craig Johnson | P | 1985 US railroad. Passenger services eliminated 1961 merger |
20.2 | Miner's Wife | Ewan MacColl | T | 1984 Contribution of wives and women from other industries to miners' picket line |
20.21 | My Kitchen And My Loo | Jan Bessent & Bill Murphy | G | 1985 bureaucracy: improvement grants fail to target needs |
20.22 | Screen Printer | Irene Scott | Q | 1985 showcasing screen printing - worker now redundant |
20.23 | Anti-Nuclear Angels | Stan Patman | V | 1985 we're on strike. No entry to man until he replays evolution |
20.24 | My Get Up and Go | Pete Seeger | Y | 1985 Old age: little energy but golden memories. |
20.25 | Liberation Road | Kerith Power | O | 1985 through anger (women only) to calm (both sexes) |
20.26 | Which Side Are You On 1984? | Dick Gaughan | T | 1985 miners' strike. It will be your occupation next! |
20A.01 | Andy | John Quiggin | L | 1985 AU lampoon Andy Peacock takes Lib Opposition Party to the right |
20A.02 | Because Of The Cold | Betsy Rose | V | 1985 Money on nuclear weapons while trains delayed by cold weather |
20A.03 | Child's Song | Colin Bargery | R | 1985 unemployed dad - family supported by grandad’s pension |
20A.04 | Don't Be Surprised | Ewan MacColl | A | 1980's Jim Callaghan made a baron for selling out workers |
20A.05 | Forty-Five Eighty-Five | Peggy Seeger | D | 1985 class war sharply into focus again: poll tax etc |
20A.06 | Holy Joe From Scabsville | Ewan MacColl | T | 1984 warning to strike-busters |
20A.07 | Back On The Grog Again | Clem Parkinson | L | 1985 AU Bob Hawke lampoon |
20A.08 | Lady Dracumag | Ewan MacColl | A | 1985 Margaret Thatcher - depicted as a female Dracula |
20A.09 | Laughing Policeman | Ian Campbell | D | 1985 tongue in cheek description of the perfect policeman |
20A.10 | Still Losin' Jobs | Larry Penn | R | 1985 ups and downs of temporary employment: layoffs |
20A.11 | Matter Of Degree A | Peggy Seeger | A | 1985 Margaret Thatcher - search for an honorary degree |
20A.12 | Mild Colonial Boy The | Vonnie Clearskye | L | 1985 AU author = daughter of a railway signalman |
20A.13 | Overtime | Larry Penn | R | 1985 ups and downs of temporary employment |
20A.14 | Public-Funded Workers The | Dave Smith | T | 1985 resistance to abolition of the GLC |
20A.15 | Horo The Iron Maiden | Bruce Dunnet | D | 1985 opposition to rate capping by Mrs Thatcher |
20A.16 | Shoulda Been A Champion | Denis Kevans | L | 1985 AU road sweeper active in youth could have been footballer - succumbs to drink |
20A.17 | Super Nuclear Shelter | John Pole | V | 1985 mocks the government’s concept of a nuclear shelter |
20A.18 | Lambeth Children | Malvina Reynolds | U | 1965 fifty children on branches force woodmen to spare trees |
20A.19 | Talking Wheelchair Blues | Fred Small | N | 1983 discrimination through both attitudes & accessibility |
20A.20 | Tenosynovitis | Edith MacIndoe | S | 1985 health effects of too much typing - poor working conditions. |
20A.21 | Villain's Chorus | Peggy Seeger | T | 1984 style of policing during the miners' strike |
20A.22 | Votecatcher In The Rye | Peggy Seeger | A | 1984 Ronald Reagan - visit to Ireland for roots or votes |
20A.23 | We Ain't Gonna Give It Back | John Connors | T | 1985 song for US workers' unions adapted as well for use in England |
20A.24 | We Hate To See Them Go | Malvina Reynolds | D | 1958 dream: bankers & diplomats going into the army! |
20A.25 | Workers' Song | Ed Pickford | D | 1981 laid off when new tech; cannon fodder when war |
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