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