TOP 10 Protest Songs
1) We shall overcome by Pete Seeger
2) Wade in the Water by Unknown artist
3) Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday
4) Birmingham Sunday by Joan Baez
5) Johnny I hardly knew me by Unknown artist
6) Where have all the flowers gone by Pete Seeger
7) There's power in the Union by Joe Hill
8) Universal Soldier by Buffy Saint-Marie
9) Blowing in the wind by Bob Dylan
10) This land is your land by Woodie Guthrie
These songs are available on YouTube with some in historic performances.
Purchase and download these and other protest songs at http://folkmusic.about.com
2) Wade in the Water by Unknown artist
3) Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday
4) Birmingham Sunday by Joan Baez
5) Johnny I hardly knew me by Unknown artist
6) Where have all the flowers gone by Pete Seeger
7) There's power in the Union by Joe Hill
8) Universal Soldier by Buffy Saint-Marie
9) Blowing in the wind by Bob Dylan
10) This land is your land by Woodie Guthrie
These songs are available on YouTube with some in historic performances.
Purchase and download these and other protest songs at http://folkmusic.about.com
TOP 10 Labor Songs
1) Bread and roses by James Oppenheim
2) Solidarity Forever by Joe Glazer
3) Union burying ground by Woodie Guthrie
4) Dump the bosses off your back by John Brill
5) There is power in a union by Joe Hill/Billy Bragg
6) Pie in the sky by Joe Hill/Joe Glazer
7) Casey Jones by Wallace Saunders
8) John Henry by Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee
9) Maggie's Farm by Bob Dylan
10) Blowing down that dusty road by Woodie Guthrie
One of my favorites below:
WE CAN'T MAKE IT HERE ANYMORE
By James McMurtry
2) Solidarity Forever by Joe Glazer
3) Union burying ground by Woodie Guthrie
4) Dump the bosses off your back by John Brill
5) There is power in a union by Joe Hill/Billy Bragg
6) Pie in the sky by Joe Hill/Joe Glazer
7) Casey Jones by Wallace Saunders
8) John Henry by Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee
9) Maggie's Farm by Bob Dylan
10) Blowing down that dusty road by Woodie Guthrie
One of my favorites below:
WE CAN'T MAKE IT HERE ANYMORE
By James McMurtry