Sonography Posts

  • A Charge To Keep I Have (Words & Music by Charles Wesley; Perf. by Arthur Slater)
    From the Album Here I Stand, Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song Representative Text A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify, a never-dying soul to save, and fit it for the sky. To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill, O may it...
  • A Little Longer
    “Enough with anger, leave rage aside.” Psalm 37:8 From the Album The Psalms Do not worry about the wicked ones Do not envy what they do wrong For like grass will they be quickly cut Fade like green in the field A little longer they...
  • A River Poem By Grandfather Arthur E. Veach
    Unpublished The mighty, roaring river has a source The God of heaven destined its’ course Mid hills and valleys, racing to the sea To bless all his people, ‘twas meant to be So many have abused that river great Let’s have a change before tis...
  • Advocate With A Camera (Honoring Dick Bancroft)
    Unpublished Giving voice to the homeless The urban refugee With Deb his wife in Kenya After serving in the Marines Coming home to discover The country he loved Brutalize, terrorize The circle of the drum On the Trail of Broken Treaties On the road to...
  • Agent Orange (My Country Tis Of Thee)
    From the Album: Living In A Rich Man’s World When I was only nineteen I went to fight a war Across the great Pacific To fight on foreign shores Proud to do my duty In the infantry Bound to serve my country For my country...
  • Alabama My Home
    Unpublished My father was a farmer Picking cotton by hand Loading it on wagons With mules across the land Alabama my home My father’s great-grandmother Came here when she was young May the children of our children Always have a world to love Alabama my...
  • All Across America
    All Across America   She called him up on the telephone She said to him, “I’m feeling alone.” All night long you could hear them moan All across America Late that night she did dream That he would marry me Few things are what they...
  • All Gave Some, Some Gave All
    Losing control of my own life Fighting with my kids and wife In a moment, in a flash I’m right back in Iraq All gave some Some gave all With mortars all around My buddy hit the ground Now I live with these nightmares More...
  • All The Days Of My Life (Psalm 23)
    From the Album The Psalm “My cup runneth over.” Psalm 23:5   You are my shepherd I shall not lack Through lush meadows You lay me down, you lay me down Beside tranquil waters you lead me You restoreth my soul You lead me through...
  • All The Time
    Something in the way you love me that makes me smile. Something in the way you hold me that makes me go hog wild. Not the way you cook your food, but all them other things you do that keeps me loving you. And that’s...
  • All The Way To Paradise (Honoring Yang Chang) 
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) (Honoring Yang Chang) I lost my leg In the jungle Had to get carried Back to the village My wife she was scared When she saw me coming I thought for sure I’d die Kuv...
  • Always Remember Not Too Forget (Honoring Cheryl Fields)
    My father was a veteran Back in World War II A child of the Holocaust Like so many American Jews My family came from Montreal I was born in New York From the Atlantic Ocean To the California coast One of the first people I...
  • Amazing Grace
    From the Album Troubadour God of love God of grace God of hope God of faith God of all that is Is to be God of life God of death God of peace God of rest I give my life to thee By Larry Long...
  • American Hymn
    From the Album Run for Freedom From Italy, Germany, Africa we come From Vietnam by sea and land Into her arms we run Refugees filled with dreams Laying our burdens down Upon her soil we have toiled From town to town America, America God shed...
  • Anna Mae
    From the Album Run For Freedom From the womb of Nova Scotia In the land of sunrise Use to work building cars On the assembly line When she heard a warrior speak Of a better day to come Quit her job, traveled west To the...
  • Anytime You Report A Birth (Honoring Faye Kennedy)
    Anytime you report a birth or anything of worth About the people you have an interest in You are building community by sharing the legacy Of those who’ve come before with those after Like the girl who could not see; yet somehow she could read...
  • Arthur Little Red Bear
    From the Album Songs for My Grandchildren Courageous and noble, Arthur Little Red Bear. The same as my father with golden red hair. When he comes of age, fathers beware. The pride of our family, Arthur Little Red Bear. He wakes up each morning with...
  • As I Await My Grandson’s Birth
    Unpublished Grateful for this final burst of winter A gift to cherish; to remember On this blest day on Mother Earth The snow that will indeed Melt away into fields of green On this blest day on Mother Earth As I await my grandson's birth...
  • As In Those Early Days
    From the Album As In Those Early Days As in those early days Rosin flying off that bow Broken picks, guitar strings Out on the open road Somewhere in Montana On the wide Nebraska plains In the Lone Prairie Schooner As in those early days...
  • Austin Town
    Unpublished Big tall gates made of steel Do you know how it feels When you cannot pay your bills Austin Town Austin Town When your wife is overdue When your children they need shoes When you wear a coat of blue Austin Town Austin Town...
  • Back To Montana (Honoring Al Olsen)
    Unpublished I’m tired of workin’ My back it’s a hurtin’ My bodies all bent out of shape I’m tired of thinkin’ My head it’s an achin’ Wish my mind would go on the blink If I could fly away I’d blow all my troubles away...
  • Back To Them Depression Days
    Sitting around the fireplace A smile comes onto old John’s face Talking about Oklahoma them days on the farm No indoor plumbing, Sears and Roebucks catalogues Going back to the depression days Got five bucks and a Valentines card Just lost my trailer about to...
  • Ballad of Larry Leventhal
    Unpublished He traveled the country over like a troubadour. The legal briefs he’d written, scattered across the floor. Yet, he knew exactly where to find all he wrote. The truth burned in his soul, and he never gave up hope. Agile and alive; incredibly well...
  • Ballad of the 1920 Duluth Lynching (Not Far From Jim Crow)
    Unpublished To travel north imagine that To never have to tip your hat To some white man who just might pass Cookhouse by day, Big Top by night Keep your nose clean just do what’s right Keep those white girls out of sight Haul them...
  • Ballad of the Great Land Rush
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) Come gather around me children A story I will tell About the Great Land Rush Oklahoma knew it well It was in the month of April In 1889 Were millions of acres...
  • Barnyard
    From the Album It Takes A lot of People and Songs for My Grandchildren Got a horse named Red, sleeps in the shed. Standing up, don’t need no bed. In the barnyard. Take him on down to the County Fair. Got a dog named Suzie,...
  • Be Brave; Work Hard; Do Good (Honoring Ralph Rapson)
    Unpublished  Be Brave, Work Hard, Do Good (Honoring Ralph Rapson) To be born with one hand was an obstacle. Children can be cruel with criticism. They would often call Ralph names not worthy to print. While other children were busy playing football, baseball, and sports....
  • Be Kind to All That Live (Honoring Helen Tsuchiya)
    From the Album Don't Stand Still My father, he was a farmer He grew grapes to make the wine Out in the fields of California He grew the grapes that grew on the vine Words alone cannot restore Lost years that won't come back no...
  • Be The Change (Honoring Paul Wellstone)
    Unpublished  Be the change you seek in this world Be the change you believe in Give support to each boy and girl Be the change you believe in Stand up for the children Stand up for the people Stand up for each other Lift up...
  • Ben the Mexican Cook (Honoring Ben Garza)
    From the Album As In Those Early Days (Honoring Ben Garza) His belly hangs over his britches. Always wears a white t-shirt. The times he feels the best is when he’s hard at work. Singing and a-dancing in the kitchen. Rattlina’ all them pots and...
  • Bethel Mission
    Unpublished Through the doorway of the mission, where the gospel Hymns are sung to the taste of Christian wine Some were lawyers, others doctors, now all broken Now all sharing the same loss, the loss of pride Christ our Savior is looking down upon us...
  • Beyond the Yellow Ribbon
    Unpublished  Beyond the Yellow Ribbon To prosper, to grow We need to bring those veterans All the way home To be of service To those who serve me and you Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Beneath the red, white, and blue Beyond the Yellow Ribbon With...
  • Big Lake
    From the Album Elders’ Wisdom; Children’s Song Like a sheet of glass. Like a roller coaster. The moon shines like an eye looking down upon us. Big Lake. Big, big, lake. Big fresh water ocean. Sometimes you roar like a mountain lion. Sometimes you are...
  • Big Ship Going Down (Honoring the USS Indianapolis)
    On the seventh of December Nineteen forty-one Japan bombed Pearl Harbor I was nineteen years young When I enlisted To join that Navy Crew Of the Indianapolis Flagship To sail that ocean blue Oil out on the water Fire all around Listen to the silence...
  • Blue Highway
    From the Album Run For Freedom and Slow Night SShadows dance on the rose Traveling down this winding road To return going home Along the Blue Highway Source of life, gift of love To the sea she must run To return from above Along the Blue...
  • Blue Highway Slow Night Version
    From the Album Run for Freedom Shadows dance on the rose Traveling down this winding road To return going home Along the Blue Highway Source of life, gift of love To the sea she must run To return from above Along the Blue Highway Along...
  • Bobby’s Saxophone (Honoring Bobby Rockwell III) 
    From the Album Troubadour Swirling prisms of light from my window At dawn the coyote calls Across satin sheets that go laughing Through your saxophone Like thunder that wails into the jails Back onto the streets Where faces grow lean from the machinery That rumbles...
  • Boley
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) Back when the Creek came to this land We were called the Creek Freedman Set us free no longer slaves To work the soil on the land they gave With the whip...
  • Bound for Glory (Words & Music by Woody Guthrie; Arr. & Perf. by Olen Edwards)
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) This train is bound for glory, this train This train is bound for glory, this train This train is bound for glory If you want to go to heaven you got to...
  • Brazil
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) Your eyes are filled with laughter Your feet are like a drum In times of danger You sing a song of love Brazil Your body moves in rhythm You wear your gift with ease How...
  • Broken Houses
    From the Album Troubadour Down the streets of broken houses Kids grow old before their time I can hear those sirens screaming Between your house and mine There’s a little baby crying Mamma’s not at home Daddy’s on the street Left baby all alone It’s...
  • Butterflies Dancing
    From the Album Don't Stand Still Looking for milkweed Caterpillar crawling A new day is dawning Mexico is calling Like jade and bright gold Straight out of wonder Beautiful wings now unfold A monarch butterfly Butterflies dancing Dancing in the sunlight Butterflies dancing Everything’s going...
  • Cabin Fever
    Unpublished Cabin fever now surrounds me. Through the silver aspen grove. In search of peace these hills I wander. As of now, as in days of old. Her face so fair, I still remember. Wanting that which could not be. The ideal love, moments of...
  • Catfish Rag (Words by Larry Long & Clay Roiness: Music by Clay Riness)
    From the Album Troubadour I’m a big catfish I would make a dandy dish You won’t catch me I’m in the water can’t you see Swimming on the muddy bottom All the goodies, why I got ‘em Ain’t about to bite your hook Or my...
  • Chicky, Chicky-Boom (Honoring Papa Chic Milton Douglas) Slow Night Version
    From the Album Slow Night On Sunday morning Rode in the wagon Kerosene lantern Hanging on the side Walk behind the wagon Just to come a running To get ahead Got to learn to walk behind Chicky, Chicky-Boom Had to go to school Over in...
  • Chicky; Chicky-Boom (Honoring Milton ‘Papa Chic’ Douglas)
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) On Sunday morning Rode in the wagon Kerosene lantern Hanging on the side Walk behind the wagon Just to come a running To get ahead Got to learn to walk behind Chicky, Chicky-Boom Had to...
  • Circle Time
    From the Album Dove with Claws At a time of great despair White Buffalo Calf Woman appeared She was beautiful and pure It’s the right song It’s the Pipe song It’s circle time With a bundle in her arms She said, “Don’t not be alarmed....
  • Cuanto te Amo (How Much Do I Love You)
    From the Album Songs for My Grandchildren ÂżCuanto te amo? Un montĂłn. ÂżCuanto te amo? Un montĂłn. ÂżCuanto te amo? ÂżCuanto te quiero? ÂżCuĂĄnto te necesito? Un montĂłn. How much do I love you? A whole lot. How much do I love you? A whole...
  • Dancing
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World The city lights hide the stars Keeps the moon from shining Tonight, I don’t mind With you I feel like dancing When I hear that music play Song of love lonely I want to hold you...
  • Decoration Day
    Azaleas, buttercups grow wild in the holler. The dogwoods bloom. Birds sing a tune for their mothers and fathers who’ve come and gone. Now in a song we sing together. A song of love, a song of thanks that will live on forever Decoration Day....
  • Don’t Stand Still (Honoring Lillian Jackson)
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still Born in Memphis, Tennessee I’m the oldest in my family Keep on moving, don’t stand still To the state of Alabama Where my Grandparents owned land Keep on moving, don’t stand still Sometimes you got to give Sometimes you...
  • Down To Mexico
    From the Album As In Those Early Days Down the coast to the borderline Seven children close behind Heading south to the womb Time of drought, in need of food “Don’t be scared,” she said to her son “There will be better days yet to...
  • Down with the Ku Klux Klan
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) People marched in North Carolina North Carolina, North Carolina People marched in North Carolina Against the Ku Klux Klan Loaded with guns and loaded with rifles Loaded with rifles, loaded with rifles Loaded with guns...
  • Dr. Bauer You Mean The World To Me
    Form the Community of Goodness Podcast Cracking jokes with a drill in your hand Taking me on a trip to a wonderland To help ease the pain, six shots of Novocain Surely not the day I had planned Dr. Bauer you mean the world to...
  • Dr. Massey
    “Demand of yourself what nobody can ever demand of you. Peace will never come until people do far more than what government, church, or people require of them.” - Dr. Massey, Columbia, Tennessee Fromt he Album Living In A Rich Man’s World Dr. Massey he’s...
  • Eternal Flame
    Unpublished From Piskarovskoye in Leningrad To Nemayev Hill in heroic Volgograd You opened up your heart, tears began to fall Searching for your father’s name up on the wall With a bouquet of roses standing in the rain Drawn to the light of your eternal...
  • Every Time I Look At Someone:AWIYA WAHBAMAG INDI NAWAYMIG(Honoring Clara Beebe)
    From the Album The Drum Is The Center of My Life Every time I look at someone they’re related to me I never spent a Christmas at home Both of my parents died Went to Government school An orphan at the age of five Silent...
  • Eyes of My Father
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still The tree in the backyard Of the house where I once lived Was planted by my father And I when I was a kid It was but a sapling Now it’s sixty foot tall Giving shade to the green...
  • Factory Slave
    Unpublished I work in the factory I work all day long When the day begins I wish it were gone I’m tired of dreaming My life away I’m tired of being A factory slave The whistle blows Early at dawn Out of my bed Into...
  • Farewell; My Friend
    From the Album Troubadour There’s a voice calling You to a far and distant shore We know you have no choice, but to follow We just pray it brings you back to us once more Farewell my friend They say you are leaving Farewell my...
  • Farm Song
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World You’re always on my mind. Think about you honey all the time. Right out here on the countryside. Just -rambling through this open field. Watching flowers grow it’s so still. Just the thought of you blossoms...
  • Farmers, Miners, Preachers, & Cobblers (unpublished)
    Crossing the prairie on a combine rolling From Texas on up to the Canadian line Where a freight train is heading into Montana Soon to be crossing the Great Divide Thinking of the people I’ve known in my life Strumming this old guitar Farmers, miners,...
  • Feathers Of Sunlight
    Unpublished One night I was dreaming One night I was down One night I was needing Someone around One night I was hoping To find a friend She stood beside me Until the end We lived on the mountains We lived on the plains We...
  • Fire Flies In The Night
    Unpublished Love fills this world with grace Love frees us from fear Love gives us a sense of place So grateful to be here So grateful to be here Love crosses the great divide Love knows no boundaries Love has nothing to hide There’s no...
  • Firefighter (Duty, Honor, Courage)
    From the Single: Firefighter (Duty, Honor, Courage) Here’s to the people who put out the fires Fall into line seem never to tire In helmets of red, white, yellow, and black When they go in might never come back Falling in line when danger apprears...
  • Flower On a Rocky Plain
    Unpublished Your love is like a flower That grows wild on a rocky plain When I’m hungry you provide When I’m in thirst you bring the rain I can feel you in the morning Even when the sun don’t shine When I lay beneath your...
  • Food Fair
    Unpublished From all across the state of Tennessee Farmers bring their goods to town And they sell their food in church parking lots And they get a price that’s fair Food Fair Where the farmers and the people Food Fair Don’t need no middleman Food...
  • For Pete’s Sake (Honoring Pete Seeger)
    Unpublished There ain’t nobody in the whole wide world like Pete. Repeat. There ain’t nobody in the whole wide world like Pete. There ain’t nobody in the whole wide world like each and every boy and girl. There ain’t nobody in the whole world like...
  • For You My Love
    Unpublished The river rises. The river falls. Lockmaster stares down at the wall. Living without you ain’t no life at all. I’ll be there for you, my love. Captain is tired, blowing that horn. Fifteen barges loaded with corn Be it late in the evening,...
  • Foreverness
    Unpublished I’ve got nothing to lose When loving you You love me for just who I am After all of these years Of laughter and tears Foreverness the moment is here For love sweet love From the moment we met To where we are now...
  • Fred & Ruby
    Unpublished Their name is Fred and Ruby They both like country music They both have a heart purer than gold. If they like you they’ll defend you If you’re hungry they will feed you A crock pot of beans with tatters on the side They...
  • Freedom Isn’t Free – Honoring Colonel Jerry Driscoll (Unpublished)
    (Spoken) Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us....
  • Freedom, Oh Freedom
    From the Album I Will Be Your Friend: Songs & Activities for Young Peacemakers and the single Freedom, Oh Freedom I want to grow Up to be old To be the dream I dream I want to teach I want to reach Up to be...
  • From The Bottom Of My Heart
    From the Album Songs for my Grandchildren From the bottom of my heart To the wide open sky Wherever you may go I hope that you find The power of God’s love In every stone you turn In every breath of air In every spoken...
  • George Floyd (Say His Name)
    He came from Texas to this northern town Where a policeman laid him down Said to the cop, “I cannot breathe.” Momma, please save me. Won’t you please save me.” With a knee on his neck A foot on his back above his chest I...
  • God Is The Judge (Psalm 75)
    “The horns of the righteous shall be exalted.” Psalm 75:10 From the Album The Psalms I said to the mad one Don’t be insane Swallow your pride Don’t speak in vain Into the sunrise Nor the sunset Nor from the wilderness Will your needs be...
  • Goddess of Mexico
    Unpublished She dances like a hurricane When her body moves feel no pain Picks you up just to lay you down Safe upon volcanic ground Too explode to be reborn In this land of blue sweet corn There for you wherever you go The Goddess...
  • Going home to Boley (Ballad of Boley, Oklahoma)
    Unpublished Back when the Creek came to this land We were called the Creek Freedman Set us free no longer slaves To work the soil on the land they gave   With the whip off our back The Fort Smith Western laid down tracks A...
  • Going Home To The Driftless
    Unpublished Where the Bobcat & Otter The Deer & the Black Bear The Rabbits and Turtles Are free to roam Where the Beavers are sliding Into the waters Of spring fed streams In this place I call home Going home to the driftless Home to...
  • Got To Have Money To Make Money
    “Takes money to make money.” – From a man who picked me up hitchhiking “I’m so poor I can’t even afford to pay attention.” – Constance L. Besaw, Apprentice Plumber, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. September 1980 Unpublished Poppa never had too much money All went to...
  • Grandma’s Penny Sale (Give a Prayer for the Farmer)
    Unpublished Grandma was born and raised On a farm in Iowa When I was young she would pray For those who work the soil Oldest one of seven kids Helped her mom raise each of them Shucking corn and slopping pigs Chickens in the yard...
  • Grandmother’s Home
    From the Album As In Those Early Days We’d go to church on Sunday morning Walking down a dry dusty road When the preaching got done us kids came running Back up the hill to Grandmother’s home Where the maple tree stood outside her window...
  • Grandpa
    From the Album Troubadour Grandpa’ sold fish For forty years or more Peddling fish on street corners Going door to door Out of four sons, two have joined him A small market on the east side That’s where you found Grandpa And his children side...
  • Grizzly Bear
    From the Album Sweet Thunder The grizzly bear is at my door. This life on earth will soon be no more. The lightning strikes. The dark clouds burst. Rivers of blood rising up from this earth. The wind it howls. The wind it screams. The...
  • Guadalajara, Mexico (Honoring Danny Garcia)
    From the Album Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways) I started working when I was eight To feed my family Eleven brothers; seven sisters Working hard like me A table and tray in the market Ear rings and watches I sold All...
  • Hard Times; Good Times In Coffee Springs
    “It gives me a great privilege to talk about the old times, what I know. I’m not that old, but I’m still old, and I’m thankful for it. Because there is so many short graves, so many medium sized graves, and I’m thankful the Lord...
  • Hard Traveling (Words: Woody Guthrie & Larry Long; Music: Woody Guthrie)
    From Documentary Video Tractorcade USA Hard Traveling I’ve been doing some hard traveling I thought you knowed I’ve been doing some hard traveling Way down the road I’ve been doing some hard traveling Hard rambling, hard gambling I’ve been doing some hard traveling, Lord I’ve...
  • Hauling Freight; No Fences (Honoring Gerald Johannick)
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World Hauling freight, no fences In those days of small pasture Wild hay a blowing Beneath a prairie sky Cornbread and molasses Brown sugar and butter Oatmeal and pancakes Two feet high Lord knows I’ve traveled a...
  • He Gave His Life For Me
    Unpublished Each step I take, each breath I breathe Is for naught, if not for thee He gave his life, so I might live He gave his life for me He waited long, so patiently Outside my door, so I might see He gave his...
  • Heaven (Words: Mary Phillips, Music Larry Long)
    Unpublished I talked to God the other day, And one thing God made clear. "You say you love heaven You want to go to heaven. Why don't you have yourself A heaven down here?" "But I want to get to heaven, sit on a cloud,...
  • Hennessey’s Bar
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World I work every day at the paper mill I come to this bar when I’ve got time to kill Don’t want to go home to my wife She charges too high of a price Jukebox playing...
  • Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways)

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  • Hey Coal Miner (Inspired by Mr. Atha Thacker)
    From the Album Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways) A coal miner’s job is never done Works down in the ground away from the sun Been a coal miner since he was young Hey coal miner From the Little to the Big...
  • Holy Ground (feat. Robert Robinson)
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still When I was young I could not speak My tongue it was too weak When the teacher called my name Tried to talk, but nothing came From the good book my Grandpa’ read These words to me he said...
  • How High Can Angels Fly (Words by Evelyn Hurley; Music by Larry Long)
    Unpublished How high can angels fly with folded wings The ancient turtle weeps and slip away How many hearts hold songs and never sing How high can angels fly with folded wings The busy days are filled with empty things The sky is hid behind...
  • How Many of You Made History Yesterday? (Spoken Word by Ezra Cunningham)
    From the Album Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways) How many of you made history yesterday? You made history yesterday? Sure enough? Now wait a minute. Somebody’s holding a hand up saying they did, and somebody’s shaking their head and saying they...
  • I Am The Water
    From the Album Troubadour I am the water I am the spring I am the water Can you hear me sing I will soothe your body When your body aches I will soothe your spirit When your heart breaks I will turn your deserts Into...
  • I Believe In You (Psalm 139)
    “The night shall be light about me.” Psalm 139:11 From the Album The Psalm If I flew to the point of sunrise Or westward across the sea Your love would be my guide Your right hand holding me If I climbed up to the mountain...
  • I Don’t Believe In Violence
    From the Album Troubadour If someone strikes I won’t strike back If they strike again I will not attack I’d rather talk then hear bones crack I don’t believe in violence Streets are filled with gang warfare Some people don’t mind, they just don’t care...
  • I Give Thanks (Psalm 138)
    “I will praise God with my whole heart.” Psalm 138:1 From the Album The Psalms I give thanks with all of my heart I give thanks with all of my mind In the presence of angels I sing Calling out to you one more time...
  • I Know My Redeemer Lives (Performed by Sacred Harp Singers of Camp Hill)
    “I never would have dreamed that I would’ve even seen a day in the days that I’m in now to see how many young people could go back and make a sketch out of what I said the other day. And I’m glad that God...
  • I Love You (Honoring Virginia McKnight Binger)
    From the Album Slow Night She was rich to the core A friend to the poor I love you From her heart she would give So others might live I love you Some people have So many have not Enough to get by The dream...
  • I Love You (Welcome Home Iraq Veterans Poem)
    Unpublished I Love You When we were deployed When we were gone Don’t forget we love you We were doing it for a worthy cause To protect the freedoms you enjoy To have a choice. To be able to say what you want to say....
  • I Thank You
    From the Album Songs for My Grandchildren I thank you for my grandchildren. I thank you for their health. I thank you for the food we have to eat upon the shelf. I thank you for each holiday in my mother’s house. May there be...
  • I Want To Tell You A Story (Words by Michael Jackson; Music by Larry Long)
    Unpublished Stayed up last night Listened to the radio Thinking about the troubles I’ve had Then I realized it was kind of dumb But even more sad Each time that I’ve gotten mad I want to tell you a story I want to sing you...
  • I Will Sing Alleluia, Oh Lord (Sung by Centerview Youth Choir from Camp Hill, Alabama)
    From the Album Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways) I will sing, Alleluia I will sing, O’ Lord I will sing, Alleluia, O’ Lord You are the source of my supply Lord, I pray, you will lifte me high I will sing,...
  • I Wish I Had
    Unpublished I wish I had wings to fly Just like that dragonfly I wish I had wings to fly I wish I had a song to sing As fee as that bird with wings I wish I had a song to sing I wish I...
  • I’ve Got Work To Do (Ballad of Hall’s Red and White Super Market)
    From the Album Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways) Fifty years ago, my dad Bought a store downtown Times were much different Then they are now Sold a lot of chickens Mother’s Best Flour sacks That came and went like the trains...
  • If You Love Someone
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still When I was young I didn’t have A way to let my feelings show Even though my mom and dad Did their best to build a happy home I would hide in my room Listening to the music play...
  • In Courtship with the Turtle Pond Below My Window
    Unpublished Though upwind from the downwind comfort of home These sails nonetheless took flight over the Pacific Ocean Into the arms of Phoenix, Arizona from Mexico The stillness unbearable as the plane landed On the runway standing anxious in the aisle Glaring into the eyes...
  • In My Neighborhood
    From the Album Troubadour In my neighborhood There’s a big high-rise Where the old folks live Where the old folks die From my living room I can see them now Twenty stores tall Looking down on the ground In my neighborhood There’s a gang of...
  • In This World We Call Home
    Unpublished Seven colors of the rainbow Seven notes to the scale On the seventh day With hopes we set sail Across seven oceans With dreams to prevail In this world we call home Midnight on the water Stars overhead May all of God’s children Grow...
  • Innisfree
    Unpublished I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee And live alone in the bee-loud glade And I shall have some...
  • Isabelle Is A Belle
    From the Album Songs for My Grandchildren Isabelle is a belle Isabelle is a belle Isabelle is a belle Sure do love my Isabelle You’re the apple of your Daddy’s eye You’re the twinkling star up high Far beyond the open sky Isabelle is a...
  • It Feels OK
    From the Album Run For Freedom Does a bird go clickety-clack Can you hear a monkey laugh I don’t know; I’ve been moving to fast To take the time to enjoy The beauty of someone new To take a walk beneath the moon Light shining...
  • It Takes a Lot People
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) and Songs for My Grandchildren Some people work in the field. Growing food; hope they always will. Driving tractors in big rolling wheels. It takes a lot of people to make this...
  • It’s My Charge To Keep (Honoring Arthur Slater) 
    From the Album Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways) My name is Arthur Slater From Clarke County Alabama Born on March 24th, 1929 We lived on what we could raise In lower Alabama Farming logs, paper wood Chickens, mules and cows It’s...
  • Jacqueline, I Love You So
    Unpublished My family came across from Wales. Fleeing from a life in jail. Radical blood runs through my veins. Hold on tight to the human chain. Jackie don’t leave. Jackie don’t go. Jacqueline, I love you so. My great-grandmother buried five men. When each one...
  • Jerusalem (Psalm 137)
    “Sing” they said.” Psalm 137:3 From the Album The Psalms By the streams of Babylon I sit and weep, Jerusalem With my guitar hanging on the tree Now they ask of me To sing for my enemy How can I sing of you In this...
  • John Deere Have A Beer
    Stopped in a bar and had me a beer Met me a man by the name of John Deere Said he made tractors, cultivators, manure spreaders Said before men had to use their hands Now they’ve got big machines to lend a helping hand Where...
  • Just Another Barmaid in a Rich Man’s Saloon
    Unpublished Just another barmaid in a rich man’s saloon. She keeps those drinks a-coming. All the way up until closing time. Putting up with men and their troubles, who’ve got no regard for what she feels inside. She’s young, she’s strong, she’s a woman. She’s...
  • Justice For Jason Pero
    Only fourteen, so very young His life just begun Justice for Jason Pero Justice for Jason Pero To come home with the flu Then with two shots his life his through Justice for Jason Pero Justice for Jason Pero With the force of the wind...
  • Lanesboro The Town For Me
    Unpublished One hundred fifty years ago Immigrants by the wagon load Eased themselves down that steep grade Which still takes my breath away Lanesboro, Lanesboro, Lanesboro Lanesboro the town for me Tucked within them driftless hills On sacred ground we’re living still Beside that South...
  • Lay Hatred Down (Honoring Leonard Peltier)
    From the Album Dove with Claws Hopes eternal spring Will make justice ring Truth will prevail Is it you or I in jail Beauty all around Love will lay hatred down You can throw me in the hole But you can never break my soul...
  • Lay Me Down Easy
    From the Album Dove with Claws Sun shining down on The pines in the forest Down on this cabin Made of log Last night I swore that I heard a choir of angels Singing so loudly Down by the shore Lay me down easy Lay...
  • Let The Snow Fall
    Unpublished The cold winter winds they’re coming on The days are short; the nights are long The leaves have fallen; trees are bare Starting to get cold out there Let the snow fall; let the lakes freeze Ain’t gonna let the snow bother me Got...
  • Let Us Make Justice Ring
    Unpublished When the cold winds start to blow When the lakes begin to freeze When our hopes begin to fade Let us rise up and sing To those who came before To those yet to come To those who give their life Planting seeds for...
  • Lift Every Voice & Sing (Black National Anthem)
    From the Album American Roots Revue Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring Ring with the harmonies of Liberty Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies Let it resound loud as the rolling sea Sing a song full of the...
  • Light A Candle (Words & music by Bob Killian, Arr: Larry Long)
    From the Album Sweet Thunder On a winter’s evening in my hometown. Christmas lights are shimmering. Snow is on the ground. Carolers are singing a joyous “Silent Night”. But in black South Africa you won’t find a one candlelight. In a little village in the...
  • Liliana
    From the Album Songs for My Grandchildren Liliana, Liliana, Liliana From silence, prayer; prayer to faith From faith the gift of love We have come to be with you To share your new life begun To give to you our love Liliana, Liliana, Liliana A...
  • Listen To Each Other Now — Honoring Dr. Josie Johnson (unpublished)
    Emancipation, slavery. Let me tell you what that means. My ancestors go back far. Always be proud of who you are. Separate churches, separate schools. Could not swim in the public pool, until Dr. Martin Luther King made those bells of freedom ring. Don’t let...
  • Living In A Rich Man’s World Ft. Melvin James
    From the Album Dove with Claws When I was a child I was raised to believe. My mother told me son, “It’s good to practice humility.” Now that I’m older, it’s compete. Everybody wants me to play that game. Lord knows I’m going crazy now....
  • Living In A Rich Man’s World Original Recording
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World and Doves With Claws When I was a child I was raised to believe. My mother told me son, “It’s good to practice humility.” Now that I’m older, it’s compete. Everybody wants me to play that...
  • Lonesome Joshua Tree
    From the Album Dove with Claws Too young to know the reasons for The sadness In their eyes She spends her days inside herself At loss with herself she cries He sees himself as someone that He doesn’t care to be Their children are her...
  • Look At These Boots
    Unpublished Look at these boots out in the sun. Can somebody please tell me how come? For whom and for what did they give their lives? These soldiers of war, these husbands and wives. Were they rich? Were they poor? Did they believe in this...
  • Love Circles Round
    Unpublished Billy, Heidi this is your wedding day I’m here to sing for you on this special day A song written just for you A song I sing for you On your wedding day Love circles round Picks you up when you’re feeling down Gives...
  • Love of Life
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still Don’t want your money Don’t want your fame Good God I’m happy With my own name Don’t want your new house My old house is fine Don’t want your new watch I’m on river time It’s the love of...
  • Love Will Lay Hatred Down
    From the Album Dove with Claws and Sweet Thunder There’s a woman from Japan folding paper with her hands. Singing songs of peace. Teaching the young. Teaching the old. Teaching the world how to fold paper cranes of peace flying now. There’s a girl in...
  • Lucky Jacob
    From the Album Troubadour Baby boy, New Year’s Eve Rosh Hashanah baby Lucky Jacob do not fear Lucky Jacob your daddy’s here Filled with love, filled with grace God now has a baby face Lucky Jacob do not fear Lucky Jacob your daddy’s here My...
  • Mad About The Way Things Are
    From the Album Sweet Thunder When they first arrived, cute boys and girls Now they got pistols in their hands they love to twirl They were never asked to come into this world Mad about the way things are Momma she’s been drinking; Poppa’s not...
  • Mana, My Sweet Mana
    From the Album Songs for My Grandchildren With ten little fingers, ten little toes Two small ears and a button nose Two small ears and a button nose You’re my chub muffin away we go Mana, my dear Mana Mana, my dear Mana Mana, my...
  • Mathias Dahl, The Fiddle Maker
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World I once worked for a man, who made and repaired violins Few have ever known the trade quite as well as him He tooled down an old piece of spruce with his oaken hands The closest...
  • Meridel LeSueur Quote
    From River Circular The people are a river that never ends. The river is a part of the people, resurrected from its myriad deaths; a river that gleams and winds and falls erect through many dams, lost in deep gulleys, turns to dust or flood,...
  • Michael
    From the Album Run for Freedom I met Michael when he was thirteen. Thirteen years old one year ago today. When I was working where he was living. Teaching guitar to children all day. Michael taught me a song he had written. I taught Michael...
  • Million Dollar Racket
    Unpublished What is a part time picker Doing here cutting singles Knocking on the doors Up and down Music Row Writing songs about a lover Who turns out to be no other Then a Nashville hit That don’t make it out the door It’s a...
  • Mississippi Levee
    From the Album Dove with Claws Working on the levee all day long Leaning on a shovel with my bare feet on One of these days I’m going to be gone Working on the Mississippi levee I miss my momma; I miss my pa’ When...
  • Mississippi Queens
    Unpublished You’re like the sun on a cloudy day Calm after the storm You’re the rainbow that never ends You brighten up my day Roll on roll on my love Roll on towards the sea You two are the Mississippi Queens You’re the Marti Gras...
  • Moment of Decision
    From the Album Live from Austin: Boycott Hormel They say we should be happy To compromise When there are so many people Out of work hoping to find They say we should be thankful But if they thought at all They would know I’m with...
  • Mother Jones
    Unpublished She organized the miners, the children of the mills From the Rocky Mountains to them Appalachian hills On up to Mesabi, where they mined that iron ore She fought for a world, where there would be no poor She lived to be one hundred;...
  • Mother of Exiles
    Unpublished Give me your tired, give me your poor I lift my lamp beside the golden door To this land from which I came Mother of Exiles is her name Your huddled masses yearning to breathe Free from tyranny The wretched refuse of your teaming...
  • Mother’s Song
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still On the day that I was born On the day I’m with you now Through these times that seem forlorn Standing on ancestral grounds You were there when I first spoke You were there when I first stood You...
  • Mujer Dormida en la Montaña (Woman Asleep on the Mountain)
    Unpublished Mi mujer dormida Viendo hacia el sol Sobre la montana Su piel se mostro Hermosa flor tu eres Fragancia por doquier Su piel café con leche Mi a sabor a miel My woman is sleeping Looking up at the sun On top of the...
  • Muscovite Feel All Right
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) On the street Beneath a church With a paper and easel Paint on the brush He’s in no rush He’s a got a right to be there To paint what he sees To paint what...
  • My Charge To Keep (Honoring Arthur Slater)
    “I’m Arthur Slater, born here in Coffeeville, Alabama in Clarke County, March 24, 1929. I remember the first radio that came to Coffeeville, that we exposed to.  Mr. Miller Howze had a radio, and everybody in the community went to listen to that radio when...
  • My Father’s Ring
    Unpublished The spirit of life we hold inside Lives on in each breath, that keeps us alive Like the ring I now wear, that my mother gave To me from my dad on graduation day My father’s ring wrapped up in gold With a diamond...
  • My Little Town
    “My name is Walter Frederick Browder. I was born January 25, 1926. I recall that Mr. Bob Hudson used to sell little Hershey Kisses. Would you all care to guess at what the price of a Hershey Kiss was?” - A penny? (child) - You’re...
  • My Love For You
    From the Album Slow Night You will always be my friend I am yours until the end If I could I would start again My love for you Beautiful in every way In my heart you remain Of my joy and of my pain My...
  • My Mother Would Say
    Unpublished I grew up in a turbulent time In the class of '69 Dr. King and JFK Were taken in their prime Air so thick with prejudice Could slice through it with a knife From Kimberly Rose to George Floyd When will we get things...
  • My Old Friend (Honoring Olen Edwards)
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still I’ve walked the world over in the boots of my old friend From Boston, Massachusetts, all the way back home again From the State of Oklahoma to Chicago on a plane On the California Zephyr to Reno on a...
  • No Jobs In Texas
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) No jobs in Texas Up north I must go Away from my family In the barrio To work in the factories To work in the fields Where the black earth keeps turning Paying the bills...
  • No More Pipeline Blues (On This Land Where We Belong)
    From the Music Video No More Pipeline Blues Nibi, Giizage ‘igoo Giimiigwech awayn nimiigoo Giizhaa awayn nimiigoo. Water, we love you We thank you We respect you. “This is the same water that was here when dinosaurs were here. There is no new water. This...
  • No One Can Keep A Good Woman Down (Honoring Marian Sullivan Schwarz)
    Unpublished Stay close to God Be selective in choosing your friends Be someone you can depend on Be honest, a good life you’ll live Mother taught school and so did I Six sisters and I toiled in the field Without a brother we grew to...
  • No One Can Take My Religion From Me: GAWEENAWIYA INDAMA KAMIGOSEEN AYZHITWAH YAHN (Honoring Lucy Begay)
    From the Album The Drum Is The Center of My Life No one can take my religion from me No one can take it from me My family raised me in the Ojibwe tongue That’s how I can talk it now Taught me how to...
  • Noelia
    From the Album Songs for My Grandchildren Noelia, Noelia. Beautiful in every way. Noelia, Noelia. A song for you I play. On the eleventh day, Of the eleventh month, We gather for peace on this earth. On the eleventh hour, From the bell tower, Rejoicing...
  • Not a Hog Thief or a Liar
    “I don’t believe you can put it on this.” – Bill Goodwin “Go slow.” – Larry Long “All right. Willie Mae Lawrence Christopher Holmes Peter U Catwat Waterson Jones Abraham Lincoln McDeese McCrow Clements Parker McGugien Godwin. That’s it. No. Esquire. Neither a hog thief...
  • Oh Boy, What You Gonna Do Now
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still Hop aboard the Delta Queen Head down the Mississippi Oh boy, what you gonna do now? Love her up and love her down Love her like a merry go round Oh boy, what you gonna do now? Kiss her...
  • Oh Freedom
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) Oh freedom, oh freedom Oh freedom, oh freedom Oh freedom over me Before I be enslaved Will be buried in my grave And go home to my Lord and be free Freedom...
  • Oh Son, Oh Son
    From the Album Owen Valley Records Down beneath the hard earth core Mucking rocks in the shafts below Where the air it’s thick with dust that sticks To these lungs that work no more Oh son, oh son won’t you go down there To work...
  • Okemah Waltz (Official Town Song of Okemah, Oklahoma)
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People Water tower hot and cold Home of Woody Guthrie Twenty-seven starts and stops Depending on where you’re going Graveyard hill goes up, sways down At night you see the city Lights shining bright below Through the...
  • Okemah, Okemah, Okemah
    Unpublished Leaning on a barbwire fence That’s where we went In Okemah, Okemah, Okemah With a dream that did come true For the children, me and you In Okemah, Okemah, Okemah To bring Woody home We were not alone In Okemah, Okemah, Okemah In the...
  • Okemah; Okemah; Okemah (Dedicated to Larry McKinnesy)
    Unpublished Leaning on a barbwire fence That’s where we went In Okemah, Okemah, Okemah Dr. McKinney and me Sharing a dream Okemah, Okemah, Okemah To bring Woody home We were not alone In Okemah, Okemah, Okemah And the dream we shared came true For me...
  • Oklahoma Hills (Words & Music: Woody & Jack Guthrie)
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) Many a month has come and gone Since I wandered from my home In those Oklahoma hills where I was born. Many a page of life has turned, Many a lesson I...
  • Old Camp Hill
    “My name is Mary Stuart, and my birthday is March 1, 1904. We had a Colored store. Mr. James Hood used to have a dry goods and grocery store, combined. Old Man Sullivan used to have a long store. As long as, almost, a freight...
  • Old Campbell Farm (Honoring Scott Campbell)
    Unpublished He was the conductor of the band With a triangle in his hand On a train from Chicago Out to the Cal Neva Casino Prepared and ready to take a chance At the Campbell Barnyard Dance With family and friends In a circle that...
  • Old Friends Always Remain
    Unpublished Time goes by so quickly. I feel the pain of growing old. I’m alone and afraid friends to face another day. I don’t live where I was raised. My homes in another town. Far from my childhood. Far from my old friend’s home. I...
  • Old Ways
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still and Dove With Claws Individualistic ego Materialistic circle Round peg in a square hole I’m on my way home I love to ride my pony Sick and tired of phonies Making me lonely I’m on my way home Don’t...
  • Old Ways (from the Album Dove with Claws)
    From the Album Dove with Claws Individualistic ego Materialistic circle Round peg in a square hole I’m on my way home I love to ride my pony I’m sick and tired of phonies Making me lonely I’m on my way home Don’t think to contain...
  • On The Bus (Honoring Paul Wellstone’s Green Bus)
    From the Album Play "Wellstone" Professor Paul Wellstone Had a bus, he called home. It was lean, it was green, It was a campaign machine! On the bus, on the bus, Time to get up, get on the bus, The bus driver says, “Get your...
  • One Hundred Years & Counting (Ballad of the Tulsa Race Riots)
    Unpublished One hundred years and counting Since that massacre One hundred years and counting Nobody said a word When that White mob descended Into Greenwood from Tulsa town One hundred years and counting Since they burned Black Wall Street down One hundred years and counting...
  • One More Day In Isolation With You
    From the Podcast Community of Goodness Podcast When I think about the nurses Doctors every day Helping those on ventilators The lives they now save All of those health workers Deserving of our praise One more day in isolation with you When I think about...
  • One More Reason Why The Farmer Is On Strike
    From the Album American Agriculture Movement The government told the farmer in 1974 To grow lots of food from fence row to fence row They could sell their product to the hungry nation’s overseas And when they did they went into bankruptcy Then people from...
  • One Year After
    From the Album Troubadour One year after the war began I find myself on shifting sands Looking out across the land One year after the war began and the winds did blow and the sky did fall I find that I am very small I...
  • Peace Bubbles in The Air (Honoring Melvin Giles)
    For the Love of Melvin Giles (1959-2025) Bubbles, not bullets, I believe To be the change you want to see Time is now for hate to cease Create spaces of peace, today Melvin Giles was the Johnny Appleseed of Peace in Minnesota. We had known...
  • Polly (Honoring Head Start Teacher, Pauline Paterson)
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) My name is Polly I was born In Seminole County growing corn My father had me in a storm Big long and skinny with two big feet Walked five miles to school...
  • Pope County Blues
    From the Single: Pope County Blues & The Band Played The Beer Barrel Polka Pope County Blues From my pa I got this farm He got it from my grandpa What can a poor man do It ain’t much but 500 acres Lots of beef...
  • Praise God (Psalm 150)
    “Praise God with the timbrel and dance!” Psalm 150:4 From the Album The Psalms Praise God Like a bow to a violin Praise God In a circle that never bends Praise God Like a harp string dancing in the wind Praise God Praise God Baby...
  • Puerto Vallarta
    From the Album Slow Night Puerto Vallarta Such a beautiful night As blue as the ocean In dew-drops of light South from Alaska To Banderas Bay Lovers embracing Along the malecon walkway Puerto Vallarta Such a beautiful night Puerto Vallarta Cathedral bells Ring for the...
  • Rain Is Falling
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World Rain is falling from the sky Wishing that I was with you To hold you and love you All through the night Would make my night much brighter Longing to see you once again And to...
  • Ramona
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) Ramona, your hair shines like gold Like copper you skin in the moonlight Ramona, your heart is so deep The language you speak with your body While the fiddles play And our people sing Songs...
  • Red Skins (Don’t See No Native People On Your Team)
    American Indian Movement What if you were called the Jews, Christians, Muslims, or Hindus. Red Skins, I don’t see no native people on your team. First you killed us with smallpox. Now you wave that tomahawk. Red Skins, I don’t see no native people on...
  • Reflections of Autumn
    Unpublished Some say the colors aren’t as vibrant in these rainy days of Fall. Beneath cloudy skies and stormy weather, where the sun doesn’t shine at all. Yet, there’s softness beyond measure. Pallets of pastels on the forest floor. As I go walking today with...
  • Rescue Me (Psalm 22)
    “Do not stand aside: trouble is near, I have no one to help me.” Psalm 22:11 From the Album The Psalms Why have you deserted me? How far from saving me. I cry out night and day. Have I trusted you in vain? Here I...
  • Riding Broncs & Bulls (Honoring Bill Cody)
    Unpublished Six years now have come and gone Since told their pa’ had passed on Tried to destroy their bloodline By telling them a lie Somehow, they knew it wasn’t so Riding broncs and bulls at the rodeo From town to town the highway was...
  • Road To Freedom
    From the Album Sweet Thunder All that is will surely change. Flesh will go, but the heart remains. We all ride a single train. Life’s only road to freedom. With each mile that we go. Listening to that whistle blow. The more we hear, the...
  • Rosemary
    Unpublished Rosemary I will cover you with love Give you the stars above The earth, the moon, the sun Rosemary To the top of the stairs With a rose in your hair To a place where no one’s there Rosemary Melody moves in rhyme Everythings...
  • Run For Freedom
    Unpublished Brothers and sisters, ancestors are with us now. We do carry sacred freedom to prison grounds. Run for freedom. Run for freedom. Brothers and sisters brave and strong. Run for freedom. Run for freedom. Out of the darkness will come the dawn. Crazy Horse,...
  • Sacred Black Hills
    From the Album Run For Freedom Land of the pronghorn and buffalo Land of Lakota, the Great Spirit roams Land of beauty, peace, and good will Land of the people these Sacred Black Hills Land of our mother giver of life Land of our fathers’...
  • Senorita
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World Senorita, lady of the night. Senorita, it just does not feel right. How the bankers and the businessmen have all come to do us in. So much money down. They own the streets of this here...
  • Seven Strong Women
    From the Album Dove with Claws My name it’s Linda on the sewing machine Some call me Rover, if you know what I mean My name’s BJ, I mangle and iron Folding sheets all day My name is Marge with eleven grandkids Untying knots in...
  • She’ll Be Clean Once More
    From the Album River Circular Floating down the Mississippi River Turning gold up and down her shores Can you hear the voices of the river She’ll be clean once more She’ll be clean once more She’ll be clean once more Floating up and down Along...
  • Slow Night
    From the Album Slow Night Slow night My baby wants a slow night Don’t want to start no fight She’s in the mood for a slow night She don’t want to play my fiddle With a wiggle in the middle Not even for a little...
  • Somalia (Honoring Mohammed Hassan) 
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) I was born in Somalia In a small village Not far from the Red Sea In a town called Lasquoray Somalia, Somalia From a young boy to a father From the British to the Cold...
  • Some Things Are Not For Sale (Honoring Melvin Jones)
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) My name is Melvin Jones From the Red Lake Reservation From the Bear Clan Of the Anishinaabe Nation The only tongue I knew Was the tongue I heard spoken By the elders of my clan...
  • Song of Thanks (Words & Music by Shirley T. Davis
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) We thank you, Lord above For you’ve given unto us abundantly Through the storm Through the rain You’ll be there You’ll remain And I want to thank you Thank you Words &...
  • Song of the Wandering Aengus
    Unpublished I went out to the hazel wood Because a fire was in my head And cut and peeled a hazel wand And hooked a berry to a thread And when white moths were on the wing And moth-like stars were flickering out I dropped...
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  • St. Francis
    Unpublished St. Francis walked this earth and spoke. In paupers rags he danced about. Brother Peace and Sister Hope. Song of praise he did shout. Praise to you Brother Sun. You give us day you lend us light. Praise to you Brother Fire. You keep...
  • Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation (Tatanka Najin Dakota Oyate) 
    Unpublished I am married, but my husband died With fifteen kids to raise Through adoption, through giving birth Building family is our way Stand Buffalo Dakota Nation Tatanka Najin Dakota Oyate To go up on the hill and pray To find out what we must...
  • Standing Up with Standing Rock (We Rise Again)
    From Larry Long's Troubadour YouTube page To protect To defend Waters of life Until the end Standing up with Standing Rock Standing up with Standing Rock Oceti Sakowin Pure water Air to breathe Standing up with Standing Rock Standing with Tunkasila With the force of...
  • Streets of Your City
    Unpublished Walking down the streets of your city. Is it the thunder that I hear, or the midnight train a-calling through a night so damp and still? Kansas moon barely shining bright enough to be seen. Through the doorway of a tavern. No place to...
  • Streets of Your City Unpublished 2025
    Unpublished Walking down the streets of your city. Is it the thunder that I hear, or the midnight train a-calling through a night so damp and still? Kansas moon barely shining bright enough to be seen. Through the doorway of a tavern. No place to...
  • Sugar (Honoring Leaner “Sugar” Bell Johnson)
    “I was born June the 7th, 1917, in Hale County. People call me Sugar. I lived in a wood house. I started school when I was ten years old down here at Sunshine. It was a Black school. There weren’t no White. There wasn’t but...
  • Sweet Lura Rose
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) You are the morning Bird at my window You are the sparrow My Lura Rose Straight from the heavens Down to the tree-tops Into my heartbeat Sweet Lura Rose You are the morning Sun at...
  • Take Me Down
    Unpublished Take Me Down Jacob said to his son, “You cannot quit until the job gets done.” Joseph said, “No.” Jacob said, “Yes.” Through this life we are surely blest Take me down Take me down On that cross I’ve been hanging on Joseph thought,...
  • Take Me Down To The Wetlands
    Unpublished Where the red-winged black bird sits on a cattail, molting and brown   Take me down to the wetlands. Down to the wetlands where the spring water flows.   Where the black bear and bobcat live in the shadows of the land that remembers...
  • Take Me Down to the Wetlands
    Unpublished Where the red-winged black bird sits on a cattail, molting and brown like an old buffalo. Take me down to the wetlands. Down to the wetlands where the spring water flows. Where the black bear and bobcat live in the shadows of the land...
  • Talk, Talk, Talk
    From the Album Sweet Thunder You tell me you love me. You tell me you do. You tell me you want me, with a love so true. You tell me you’re ready to settle down. Please tell me why you’re still messing round. You can...
  • Talking Fishing Blues
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) I went down to the fishing hole, I carried along my fishing pole; Somethin' grabb'd my line, hooked my bait And Jerked me out in the middle of the lake. Some jump...
  • Talking Okemah Town
    Unpublished Okemah it’s a small town It’s not too big around A mile long, two miles wide An Okie town that won’t say goodbye Okemah! Town on the hill! On Friday night go to the game On Saturday night we all drag main Go to...
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  • The Band Played The Beer Barrel Polka
    From the Album Waterfront Records Went to a party last evening All the couples were all paired up in two’s Me, I was standing in the corner With my hands in my pockets and my feet in my shoes The band played the beer barrel...
  • The Charming Black Mustache (Trad: Perf. by Lily Mae Stewart)
    “My name is Lily Mae Stewart. I was born in 1904. That’s quite a while. I guess you know how old that makes me. I’m 90 years old.” – Lily Mae Stewart From the Album Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways) Once,...
  • The Drum Is The Center Of My Life: ME WAYNJI BIMAHDIZIYAHN WA’OW DAYWAY I’GAN (Honoring Buck Barber)
    From the Album The Drum Is The Center Of My Life The drum is the center of my life It’s the heartbeat On a bus to Pipestone to boarding school far from home for three years With my Grandparents we raised in Lac Courte Oreilles...
  • The Man Who Came A Long; Long Way (Honoring Lewis Martin; Jr.)
    From the Album Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways) Working hard from sun to sun Baby when the landlord come With a list that was so long It turned a man who once was strong Into nothing but a crying shame Oh...
  • The Windmill Keeps Turning
    From the Album As In Those Early Days Snow is falling on the ground. The windmill it keeps turning. Like a child I cry out loud, but no one is near to hear me. No one is near to hear me. My father was a...
  • There’s A Turtle On The Pole
    Unpublished With each grain of sand I hold in my hand Like clouds these thoughts Go floating by Whatever was Cannot be undone All we share is this moment in time There’s a turtle on the pole A turtle on the pole There’s a turtle...
  • There’s a-Change a-Coming (Can’t Be Neutral When It Comes To Love)
    Unpublished There’s a-change a-coming And it’s here right now There’s a-change a-coming And it’s here right now Can’t be neutral when it comes to love That’s one thing I’ve been thinking of Love has the power to make things right Love has the power to...
  • There’s Something In The Way You Love Me
    Unpublished There’s something in the way you love me That makes me smile There’s something in the way you hold me That makes me go hog wild It’s not the way you cook your food All them other things that you do That keeps me...
  • These Are Difficult Times We’re In
    From Larry Long's Troubadour YouTube page These are difficult times we’re in Not sure where to begin Nor when it might end These are difficult times we’re in The price of eggs are going up The President’s talking tough To hell with Elon Musk These...
  • This Land Is Your Land (Adapted Narrative & Lyrics)
    Unpublished For NATIONAL SING OUT FOR EARTH DAY we might consider changing the chorus to This Land Is Your Land to sing: This world is your world This world is my world From the Arctic to Antarctica From the Himalayas to the Sierras This world...
  • This Land Is Your Land (Okemah Version)
    From the Album It Takes a Lot of People (Tribute to Woody Guthrie) As I was walking that ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway; I saw below me that golden valley; This land was made for you and me. Nobody living...
  • Tibet (Honoring Gyatsho Tshering)
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still I was born in a beautiful country In the mountains of Tibet In the land of the Dalai Lama In the land of Consciousness Growing up along the border Beneath a ripe orange tree Sitting with my grandfather Words...
  • Timber of Love
    Unpublished  She came across from overseas to the timber of love He asked her would you marry me in the timber of love It’s up the Mississippi to St. Paul She could hear her true love call For his love she gave it all In...
  • Tree of Life
    From the Album Don’t Stand Still I go to the tree of life I lay my burdens down & pray To the black rock of the west So, the people they might live To the red rock of the north So, the people they might...
  • Tu BiShvat
    Unpublished Tu BiShvat Tu BiShvat Plant a tree Let it grow Way up high To the sky Let the seeds Fall below Tu BiShvat Tu BiShvat Plant a tree Let it grow Way up high To the sky So, the whole wide World will know...
  • Uncle Mel
    From the Album Dove with Claws It don’t take much to go to school It don’t take much to be fooled By someone hard to find Anyone who ain’t been bribed By someone it’s hard to tell Not even my Uncle Mel Uncle Mel, Uncle...
  • Union Maid (Words by Woody Guthrie, New Verse by Women on the P-9 Picket Line, Music: Pretty Red Wing)
    From the Album Boycott Hormel: Live From Austin There once was a union maid, she never was afraid Of goons and ginks and company finks a and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid. She went to the union hall when a meeting it was...
  • Untitled by Bill Holm
    From the Album River Circular I River, you were calm as a blind grandmother humming over your knitting for long October days while the last red leaves fell into your lap and floated south. II A bird made of water, your wet stone wing flap...
  • Walking Around The Sun
    Unpublished The earth is a great big small ball The earth is the only one of its kind The earth’s a great big hunk of rock Beautiful all the time Striped zebras, long legged giraffes Hyenas that love to laugh It’s a weird wonderful world...
  • Walking Like Rain
    From the Album Dove with Claws Sometimes I like to go inside of some old rusty pipe To find out what’s on the other end Will it be the same blue sky Will it be God’s only eye Will it be love of some old...
  • Wash Day Is Every Day
    “I’m Dana Williams, I was born October 6, 1919.” “Now tell something Dana, don’t tell me you don’t know nothing!” (Lillian Diehl) “Well, being I’m not as old as you are, you know more than I do. But we had to rub the clothes on...
  • Wasn’t We Blest
    Unpublished Wasn’t we blest Wasn’t we blest Praise God Wasn’t we blest Didn’t have a lot Had a job to do One change of close One pair of shoes Wasn’t we blest Wasn’t we blest Praise God Wasn’t we blest No TV set Just a...
  • Water In The Rain (Honoring the 38 Dakota Oyate by Amos Owen Wiyohpeyata Hoksina & Larry Long)
    From the Album Sweet Thunder Ho! Tunkansidan Wakantanka Ake anpetu kin de ho uwayedo. Odowan kagapikin hena owicakiyayo. Tunkansidan wiyohpeyata ki ya ho yewayedo. Sunkawakan oyate qa Wakinyan Oyate Kin ounkiyapo. Qa nakun waziyata ki ya ho yewayedo. Hehaka Oyate kin ounsiundapo. Wiyohiyanpantan ekta ki...
  • Watercolors For Sweet Emily
    Unpublished Mr. Johnson doesn’t like children Mr. Johnson don’t like me I don’t like Mr. Johnson But I love sweet Emily Watercolors falling over me Watercolors for sweet Emily I would walk close beside her She would walk away She would throw her lunch box...
  • Way Down Yonder in the White Man’s Field
    From the Album Here I Stand: Elder’s Wisdom; Children’s Song (Smithsonian Folkways) How many of you made history yesterday? You made history yesterday? Sure enough? Now wait a minute. Somebody’s holding a hand up saying they did, and somebody’s shaking their head and saying they...
  • We Are Still Here (Honoring Dick Bancroft)

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  • We Prepare For You (Psalm 29)
    “God’s people will be blessed with peace.” Psalm 29:11 From the Album The Psalms We prepare for you Your sons and daughters We prepare for you With all our might We prepare for you Beside the waters Of peace you give Tonight Your voice is...
  • We Sure Had A Good Night At Willie’s
    Unpublished Woke up beside a dry river Been out on our own since 1970 Playing where we can until it’s all over Never knowing what it is that tomorrow it might bring We sure had a good night a Willie’s Wouldn’t mind if we could...
  • We’re Moving Out Now (Honoring Gene Carr)
    From tyhe Album Elders’ Wisdom; Children’s Song Inducted in the Army in 1943 When I went to war, I was only nineteen Young enough to live, old enough to die Number 37-538-419 We’re moving out now We’re the soldiers of the U.S. Army March until...
  • Welcome Home
    For the Community of Goodness Podcast Podcast Serving those who serve us, welcome home Serving those who serve us, welcome home Serving those who serve us In times of need can’t give enough Welcome home, welcome home, welcome home From the Army, Marines, welcome home...
  • Well May The World Go featuring Pete Seeger & Larry Long
    From the Album Well May The World Go (Smithsonian Folkways) (Spoken words & lyrics by Pete Seeger) “Pete Seeger born May 3rd, 1919, and it is now October 24th, I think, 1996, and we are sitting at the table in 526 Texas Street, San Francisco,...
  • Western Plains
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World I haven’t got a nickel I haven’t got a dime Out of work With trouble on my mind Out on the western plains Can’t you hear that whistle blowing Can you feel that freight train rolling...
  • When Brother Ron Makes It (Honoring Ron Johnson)
    From the Album As In Those Early Days Oh me. Oh my. When Brother Ron makes it. Useful, beautiful, Long lasting, fine finish. When Brother Ron makes it. Silver patterns of Damascus steel On both sides of the blade Sambar Stag handle in my hand...
  • When I Was Young in Poland (Honoring Jules Zaidenweber)
    Unpublished When I was young in Poland, there were three million Jews. But when the war was over, most of them we did lose. To the force of hatred by Hitler from above. Until the Allied forces Put the Nazis on the run. In the...
  • White Sheets In The White House
    From Larry Long's Troubadour YouTube page White sheets in the White House Everybody scream and shout White sheets in the White House Time to drive them white sheets out Beneath your coat and too long tie There’s a burning cross you can’t hide Instead of...
  • Why Not Me, Lord (Honoring Gladys Milton)
    “I’m Gladys Milton and I was born May 26, 1924, which makes me not old, but I’ve been living quite a little while. Now I was trained to hold him up by the heels and give him a swat, but as the years went by...
  • Working Shoes
    From the Album Living In A Rich Man’s World Big machine turning Feeling kind of bad Thinking about all them good times, Lord That I once had Hopping freights, thumbing down That lonesome highway Sure can’t wait ‘til Friday When I get my pay I’m...
  • You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are (Honoring Thu Van Nguyen)
    From the Album Elders’ Wisdom; Children’s Song Dad was a fisherman We lived by the sea With five sisters Dad, mom, and me We were Catholic So when the communists Took control of the north We chose to resist You don’t know how lucky you...
  • You’re the Rhubarb of My Eye (Official Braham Pie Day Ballad)
    Unpublished (Official Braham Pie Day Ballad) If you have never been to Braham Home of Willy Wirehand From the north, left on four Then you have three miles more Up 65, turn at the ‘Y’ Time to have a piece of pie Apple pie, cherry...
  • Your Love
    From the Album Sweet Thunder Your love is like a river. Flowing down to the sea. Soaring high above your waters. When I fall you carry me. Safely home, far from danger. Safely home to your shore. Safely home until my wings are mended. Through...
  • Your Love Is Everlasting (Psalm 136)
    “God provides for all living creatures.” Psalm 136:25 From the Album The Psalms You placed the earth on the sea You made the great lights The sun to govern us by day the moon and stars by night With mighty hands and outstretched arms You...