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A Charge To Keep I Have (Words & Music by Charles Wesley; Perf. by Arthur Slater)
From the Album Here I Stand, Eldersâ Wisdom, Childrenâs 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...
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A Little Longer
âEnough with anger, leave rage aside.â 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...
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A River Poem By Grandfather Arthur E. Veach
Unpublished The mighty, roaring river has a source The God of heaven destined itsâ course Mid hills and valleys, racing to the sea To bless all his people, âtwas meant to be So many have abused that river great Letâs have a change before tis...
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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Unpublished Giving voice to the homeless The urban refugee With Deb his wife in Kenya After serving in the Marines Coming home to discover The country he loved Brutalize,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...
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Agent Orange (My Country Tis Of Thee)
From the Album: Living In A Rich Manâs 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...
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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Unpublished My father was a farmer Picking cotton by hand Loading it on wagons With mules across the land Alabama my home My fatherâs great-grandmother Came here when she was young May the children of our children Always have a world to love Alabama my...
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All Across America
All Across America  She called him up on the telephone She said to him, âIâm feeling alone.â 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...
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All Gave Some, Some Gave All
Losing control of my own life Fighting with my kids and wife In a moment, in a flash Iâm 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...
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All The Days Of My Life (Psalm 23)
From the Album The Psalm âMy cup runneth over.â 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...
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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 thatâs...
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All The Way To Paradise (Honoring Yang Chang)Â
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 Iâd die Kuv...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 whoâve come before with those after Like the girl who could not see; yet somehow she could read...
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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...
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As I Await My Grandsonâs 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...
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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...
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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...
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Back To Montana (Honoring Al Olsen)
Unpublished Iâm tired of workinâ My back itâs a hurtinâ My bodies all bent out of shape Iâm tired of thinkinâ My head itâs an achinâ Wish my mind would go on the blink If I could fly away Iâd blow all my troubles away...
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Back To Them Depression Days
Sitting around the fireplace A smile comes onto old Johnâs 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...
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Ballad of Larry Leventhal
Unpublished He traveled the country over like a troubadour. The legal briefs heâd 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...
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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 whatâs right Keep those white girls out of sight Haul them...
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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...
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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, donât need no bed. In the barnyard. Take him on down to the County Fair. Got a dog named Suzie,...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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 heâs hard at work. Singing and a-dancing in the kitchen. Rattlinaâ all them pots and...
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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...
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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...
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Big Lake
From the Album Eldersâ Wisdom; Childrenâs 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bobby’s Saxophone (Honoring Bobby Rockwell III)Â
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 Thereâs a little baby crying Mammaâs not at home Daddyâs on the street Left baby all alone Itâs...
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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 Everythingâs going...
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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...
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Catfish Rag (Words by Larry Long & Clay Roiness: Music by Clay Riness)
From the Album Troubadour Iâm a big catfish I would make a dandy dish You wonât catch me Iâm in the water canât you see Swimming on the muddy bottom All the goodies, why I got âem Ainât about to bite your hook Or my...
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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...
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Chicky; Chicky-Boom (Honoring Milton âPapa Chicâ 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...
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Circle Time
From the Album Dove with Claws At a time of great despair White Buffalo Calf Woman appeared She was beautiful and pure Itâs the right song Itâs the Pipe song Itâs circle time With a bundle in her arms She said, âDonât not be alarmed....
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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...
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Dancing
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs World The city lights hide the stars Keeps the moon from shining Tonight, I donât mind With you I feel like dancing When I hear that music play Song of love lonely I want to hold you...
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Decoration Day
Azaleas, buttercups grow wild in the holler. The dogwoods bloom. Birds sing a tune for their mothers and fathers whoâve 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....
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Don’t Stand Still (Honoring Lillian Jackson)
From the Album Donât Stand Still Born in Memphis, Tennessee Iâm the oldest in my family Keep on moving, donât stand still To the state of Alabama Where my Grandparents owned land Keep on moving, donât stand still Sometimes you got to give Sometimes you...
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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 âDonât be scared,â she said to her son âThere will be better days yet to...
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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...
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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...
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Dr. Massey
âDemand 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.â - Dr. Massey, Columbia, Tennessee Fromt he Album Living In A Rich Manâs World Dr. Massey heâs...
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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 fatherâs name up on the wall With a bouquet of roses standing in the rain Drawn to the light of your eternal...
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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 theyâre 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...
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Eyes of My Father
From the Album Donât 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 itâs sixty foot tall Giving shade to the green...
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Factory Slave
Unpublished I work in the factory I work all day long When the day begins I wish it were gone Iâm tired of dreaming My life away Iâm tired of being A factory slave The whistle blows Early at dawn Out of my bed Into...
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Farewell; My Friend
From the Album Troubadour Thereâs 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...
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Farm Song
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs World Youâre 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 itâs so still. Just the thought of you blossoms...
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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 Iâve known in my life Strumming this old guitar Farmers, miners,...
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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...
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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 Thereâs no...
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Firefighter (Duty, Honor, Courage)
From the Single: Firefighter (Duty, Honor, Courage) Hereâs 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...
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Flower On a Rocky Plain
Unpublished Your love is like a flower That grows wild on a rocky plain When Iâm hungry you provide When Iâm in thirst you bring the rain I can feel you in the morning Even when the sun donât shine When I lay beneath your...
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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 thatâs fair Food Fair Where the farmers and the people Food Fair Donât need no middleman Food...
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For Peteâs Sake (Honoring Pete Seeger)
Unpublished There ainât nobody in the whole wide world like Pete. Repeat. There ainât nobody in the whole wide world like Pete. There ainât nobody in the whole wide world like each and every boy and girl. There ainât nobody in the whole world like...
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For You My Love
Unpublished The river rises. The river falls. Lockmaster stares down at the wall. Living without you ainât no life at all. Iâll be there for you, my love. Captain is tired, blowing that horn. Fifteen barges loaded with corn Be it late in the evening,...
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Foreverness
Unpublished Iâve 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...
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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 theyâll defend you If youâre hungry they will feed you A crock pot of beans with tatters on the side They...
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Freedom Isnât 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....
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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...
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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 Godâs love In every stone you turn In every breath of air In every spoken...
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George Floyd (Say His Name)
He came from Texas to this northern town Where a policeman laid him down Said to the cop, âI cannot breathe.â Momma, please save me. Wonât you please save me.â With a knee on his neck A foot on his back above his chest I...
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God Is The Judge (Psalm 75)
âThe horns of the righteous shall be exalted.â Psalm 75:10 From the Album The Psalms I said to the mad one Donât be insane Swallow your pride Donât speak in vain Into the sunrise Nor the sunset Nor from the wilderness Will your needs be...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Got To Have Money To Make Money
âTakes money to make money.â â From a man who picked me up hitchhiking âIâm so poor I canât even afford to pay attention.â â Constance L. Besaw, Apprentice Plumber, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. September 1980 Unpublished Poppa never had too much money All went to...
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Grandmaâs 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...
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Grandmother’s Home
From the Album As In Those Early Days Weâd 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 Grandmotherâs home Where the maple tree stood outside her window...
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Grandpa
From the Album Troubadour Grandpaâ 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 Thatâs where you found Grandpa And his children side...
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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...
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Guadalajara, Mexico (Honoring Danny Garcia)
From the Album Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs 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...
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Hard Times; Good Times In Coffee Springs
âIt gives me a great privilege to talk about the old times, what I know. Iâm not that old, but Iâm still old, and Iâm thankful for it. Because there is so many short graves, so many medium sized graves, and Iâm thankful the Lord...
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Hard Traveling (Words: Woody Guthrie & Larry Long; Music: Woody Guthrie)
From Documentary Video Tractorcade USA Hard Traveling Iâve been doing some hard traveling I thought you knowed Iâve been doing some hard traveling Way down the road Iâve been doing some hard traveling Hard rambling, hard gambling Iâve been doing some hard traveling, Lord Iâve...
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Hauling Freight; No Fences (Honoring Gerald Johannick)
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs 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 Iâve traveled a...
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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...
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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,...
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Hennessey’s Bar
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs World I work every day at the paper mill I come to this bar when Iâve got time to kill Donât want to go home to my wife She charges too high of a price Jukebox playing...
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Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs Song (Smithsonian Folkways)
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Hey Coal Miner (Inspired by Mr. Atha Thacker)
From the Album Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs Song (Smithsonian Folkways) A coal minerâs 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...
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Holy Ground (feat. Robert Robinson)
From the Album Donât 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 Grandpaâ read These words to me he said...
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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...
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How Many of You Made History Yesterday? (Spoken Word by Ezra Cunningham)
From the Album Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs Song (Smithsonian Folkways) How many of you made history yesterday? You made history yesterday? Sure enough? Now wait a minute. Somebodyâs holding a hand up saying they did, and somebodyâs shaking their head and saying they...
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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...
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I Believe In You (Psalm 139)
âThe night shall be light about me.â 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...
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I Don’t Believe In Violence
From the Album Troubadour If someone strikes I wonât strike back If they strike again I will not attack Iâd rather talk then hear bones crack I donât believe in violence Streets are filled with gang warfare Some people donât mind, they just donât care...
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I Give Thanks (Psalm 138)
âI will praise God with my whole heart.â 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...
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I Know My Redeemer Lives (Performed by Sacred Harp Singers of Camp Hill)
âI never would have dreamed that I wouldâve even seen a day in the days that Iâm in now to see how many young people could go back and make a sketch out of what I said the other day. And Iâm glad that God...
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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...
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I Love You (Welcome Home Iraq Veterans Poem)
Unpublished I Love You When we were deployed When we were gone Donât 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....
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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 motherâs house. May there be...
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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 Iâve had Then I realized it was kind of dumb But even more sad Each time that Iâve gotten mad I want to tell you a story I want to sing you...
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I Will Sing Alleluia, Oh Lord (Sung by Centerview Youth Choir from Camp Hill, Alabama)
From the Album Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs Song (Smithsonian Folkways) I will sing, Alleluia I will sing, Oâ Lord I will sing, Alleluia, Oâ Lord You are the source of my supply Lord, I pray, you will lifte me high I will sing,...
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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...
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I’ve Got Work To Do (Ballad of Hall’s Red and White Super Market)
From the Album Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs 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 Motherâs Best Flour sacks That came and went like the trains...
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If You Love Someone
From the Album Donât Stand Still When I was young I didnât 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...
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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...
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In My Neighborhood
From the Album Troubadour In my neighborhood Thereâs 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 Thereâs a gang of...
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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 Godâs children Grow...
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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...
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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 Youâre the apple of your Daddyâs eye Youâre the twinkling star up high Far beyond the open sky Isabelle is a...
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It Feels OK
From the Album Run For Freedom Does a bird go clickety-clack Can you hear a monkey laugh I donât know; Iâve been moving to fast To take the time to enjoy The beauty of someone new To take a walk beneath the moon Light shining...
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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...
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Itâs My Charge To Keep (Honoring Arthur Slater)Â
From the Album Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs 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 Itâs...
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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 donât leave. Jackie donât go. Jacqueline, I love you so. My great-grandmother buried five men. When each one...
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Jerusalem (Psalm 137)
âSingâ they said.â 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...
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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 theyâve got big machines to lend a helping hand Where...
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Just Another Barmaid in a Rich Man’s Saloon
Unpublished Just another barmaid in a rich manâs saloon. She keeps those drinks a-coming. All the way up until closing time. Putting up with men and their troubles, whoâve got no regard for what she feels inside. Sheâs young, sheâs strong, sheâs a woman. Sheâs...
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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...
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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 weâre living still Beside that South...
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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...
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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...
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Let The Snow Fall
Unpublished The cold winter winds theyâre 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 Ainât gonna let the snow bother me Got...
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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...
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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...
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Light A Candle (Words & music by Bob Killian, Arr: Larry Long)
From the Album Sweet Thunder On a winterâs evening in my hometown. Christmas lights are shimmering. Snow is on the ground. Carolers are singing a joyous âSilent Nightâ. But in black South Africa you wonât find a one candlelight. In a little village in the...
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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...
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Listen To Each Other Now â 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. Donât let...
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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, âItâs good to practice humility.â Now that Iâm older, itâs compete. Everybody wants me to play that game. Lord knows Iâm going crazy now....
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Living In A Rich Man’s World Original Recording
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs World and Doves With Claws When I was a child I was raised to believe. My mother told me son, âItâs good to practice humility.â Now that Iâm older, itâs compete. Everybody wants me to play that...
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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 doesnât care to be Their children are her...
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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...
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Love Circles Round
Unpublished Billy, Heidi this is your wedding day Iâm 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 youâre feeling down Gives...
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Love of Life
From the Album Donât Stand Still Donât want your money Donât want your fame Good God Iâm happy With my own name Donât want your new house My old house is fine Donât want your new watch Iâm on river time Itâs the love of...
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Love Will Lay Hatred Down
From the Album Dove with Claws and Sweet Thunder Thereâs 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. Thereâs a girl in...
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Lucky Jacob
From the Album Troubadour Baby boy, New Yearâs Eve Rosh Hashanah baby Lucky Jacob do not fear Lucky Jacob your daddyâs here Filled with love, filled with grace God now has a baby face Lucky Jacob do not fear Lucky Jacob your daddyâs here My...
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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 sheâs been drinking; Poppaâs not...
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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 Youâre my chub muffin away we go Mana, my dear Mana Mana, my dear Mana Mana, my...
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Mathias Dahl, The Fiddle Maker
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs 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...
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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,...
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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...
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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 donât make it out the door Itâs a...
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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 Iâm going to be gone Working on the Mississippi levee I miss my momma; I miss my paâ When...
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Mississippi Queens
Unpublished Youâre like the sun on a cloudy day Calm after the storm Youâre 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 Youâre the Marti Gras...
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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 Iâm with...
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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;...
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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...
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Mother’s Song
From the Album Donât Stand Still On the day that I was born On the day Iâm 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...
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Mujer Dormida en la MontanÌa (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...
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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 Heâs in no rush Heâs a got a right to be there To paint what he sees To paint what...
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My Charge To Keep (Honoring Arthur Slater)
âIâm 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...
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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 fatherâs ring wrapped up in gold With a diamond...
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My Little Town
âMy 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?â - A penny? (child) - Youâre...
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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...
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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...
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My Old Friend (Honoring Olen Edwards)
From the Album Donât Stand Still Iâve 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...
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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...
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No More Pipeline Blues (On This Land Where We Belong)
From the Music Video No More Pipeline Blues Nibi, Giizage âigoo Giimiigwech awayn nimiigoo Giizhaa awayn nimiigoo. Water, we love you We thank you We respect you. âThis is the same water that was here when dinosaurs were here. There is no new water. This...
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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 youâll live Mother taught school and so did I Six sisters and I toiled in the field Without a brother we grew to...
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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 Thatâs how I can talk it now Taught me how to...
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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...
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Not a Hog Thief or a Liar
âI donât believe you can put it on this.â â Bill Goodwin âGo slow.â â Larry Long âAll right. Willie Mae Lawrence Christopher Holmes Peter U Catwat Waterson Jones Abraham Lincoln McDeese McCrow Clements Parker McGugien Godwin. Thatâs it. No. Esquire. Neither a hog thief...
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Oh Boy, What You Gonna Do Now
From the Album Donât 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...
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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...
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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 itâs thick with dust that sticks To these lungs that work no more Oh son, oh son wonât you go down there To work...
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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 youâre going Graveyard hill goes up, sways down At night you see the city Lights shining bright below Through the...
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Okemah, Okemah, Okemah
Unpublished Leaning on a barbwire fence Thatâs 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...
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Okemah; Okemah; Okemah (Dedicated to Larry McKinnesy)
Unpublished Leaning on a barbwire fence Thatâs 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...
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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...
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Old Camp Hill
âMy 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...
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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...
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Old Friends Always Remain
Unpublished Time goes by so quickly. I feel the pain of growing old. Iâm alone and afraid friends to face another day. I donât live where I was raised. My homes in another town. Far from my childhood. Far from my old friendâs home. I...
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Old Ways
From the Album Donât Stand Still and Dove With Claws Individualistic ego Materialistic circle Round peg in a square hole Iâm on my way home I love to ride my pony Sick and tired of phonies Making me lonely Iâm on my way home Donât...
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Old Ways (from the Album Dove with Claws)
From the Album Dove with Claws Individualistic ego Materialistic circle Round peg in a square hole Iâm on my way home I love to ride my pony Iâm sick and tired of phonies Making me lonely Iâm on my way home Donât think to contain...
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On The Bus (Honoring Paul Wellstoneâs 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, âGet your...
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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...
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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...
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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 nationâs overseas And when they did they went into bankruptcy Then people from...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ainât much but 500 acres Lots of beef...
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Praise God (Psalm 150)
âPraise God with the timbrel and dance!â 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...
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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...
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Rain Is Falling
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs 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...
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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...
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Red Skins (Donât See No Native People On Your Team)
American Indian Movement What if you were called the Jews, Christians, Muslims, or Hindus. Red Skins, I donât see no native people on your team. First you killed us with smallpox. Now you wave that tomahawk. Red Skins, I donât see no native people on...
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Reflections of Autumn
Unpublished Some say the colors arenât as vibrant in these rainy days of Fall. Beneath cloudy skies and stormy weather, where the sun doesnât shine at all. Yet, thereâs softness beyond measure. Pallets of pastels on the forest floor. As I go walking today with...
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Rescue Me (Psalm 22)
âDo not stand aside: trouble is near, I have no one to help me.â 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...
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Riding Broncs & Bulls (Honoring Bill Cody)
Unpublished Six years now have come and gone Since told their paâ had passed on Tried to destroy their bloodline By telling them a lie Somehow, they knew it wasnât so Riding broncs and bulls at the rodeo From town to town the highway was...
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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. Lifeâs only road to freedom. With each mile that we go. Listening to that whistle blow. The more we hear, the...
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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 oneâs there Rosemary Melody moves in rhyme Everythings...
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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,...
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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 fathersâ...
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Senorita
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs 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...
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Seven Strong Women
From the Album Dove with Claws My name itâs Linda on the sewing machine Some call me Rover, if you know what I mean My nameâs BJ, I mangle and iron Folding sheets all day My name is Marge with eleven grandkids Untying knots in...
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Sheâll 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 Sheâll be clean once more Sheâll be clean once more Sheâll be clean once more Floating up and down Along...
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Slow Night
From the Album Slow Night Slow night My baby wants a slow night Donât want to start no fight Sheâs in the mood for a slow night She donât want to play my fiddle With a wiggle in the middle Not even for a little...
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Somalia (Honoring Mohammed Hassan)Â
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...
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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...
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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 youâve given unto us abundantly Through the storm Through the rain Youâll be there Youâll remain And I want to thank you Thank you Words &...
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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...
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Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation (Tatanka Najin Dakota Oyate)Â
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sugar (Honoring Leaner âSugarâ Bell Johnson)
âI 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 werenât no White. There wasnât but...
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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...
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Take Me Down
Unpublished Take Me Down Jacob said to his son, âYou cannot quit until the job gets done.â Joseph said, âNo.â Jacob said, âYes.â Through this life we are surely blest Take me down Take me down On that cross Iâve been hanging on Joseph thought,...
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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...
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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...
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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 youâre ready to settle down. Please tell me why youâre still messing round. You can...
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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...
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Talking Okemah Town
Unpublished Okemah itâs a small town Itâs not too big around A mile long, two miles wide An Okie town that wonât 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 twoâs 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...
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The Charming Black Mustache (Trad: Perf. by Lily Mae Stewart)
âMy name is Lily Mae Stewart. I was born in 1904. Thatâs quite a while. I guess you know how old that makes me. Iâm 90 years old.â â Lily Mae Stewart From the Album Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs Song (Smithsonian Folkways) Once,...
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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 Itâs 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...
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The Man Who Came A Long; Long Way (Honoring Lewis Martin; Jr.)
From the Album Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs 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...
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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...
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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 Thereâs a turtle on the pole A turtle on the pole Thereâs a turtle...
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There’s a-Change a-Coming (Canât Be Neutral When It Comes To Love)
Unpublished Thereâs a-change a-coming And itâs here right now Thereâs a-change a-coming And itâs here right now Canât be neutral when it comes to love Thatâs one thing Iâve been thinking of Love has the power to make things right Love has the power to...
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Thereâs Something In The Way You Love Me
Unpublished Thereâs something in the way you love me That makes me smile Thereâs something in the way you hold me That makes me go hog wild Itâs not the way you cook your food All them other things that you do That keeps me...
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These Are Difficult Times We’re In
From Larry Long's Troubadour YouTube page These are difficult times weâre in Not sure where to begin Nor when it might end These are difficult times weâre in The price of eggs are going up The Presidentâs talking tough To hell with Elon Musk These...
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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...
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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...
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Tibet (Honoring Gyatsho Tshering)
From the Album Donât 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...
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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 Itâs up the Mississippi to St. Paul She could hear her true love call For his love she gave it all In...
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Tree of Life
From the Album Donât 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...
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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...
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Uncle Mel
From the Album Dove with Claws It donât take much to go to school It donât take much to be fooled By someone hard to find Anyone who ainât been bribed By someone itâs hard to tell Not even my Uncle Mel Uncle Mel, Uncle...
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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...
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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...
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Walking Around The Sun
Unpublished The earth is a great big small ball The earth is the only one of its kind The earthâs a great big hunk of rock Beautiful all the time Striped zebras, long legged giraffes Hyenas that love to laugh Itâs a weird wonderful world...
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Walking Like Rain
From the Album Dove with Claws Sometimes I like to go inside of some old rusty pipe To find out whatâs on the other end Will it be the same blue sky Will it be Godâs only eye Will it be love of some old...
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Wash Day Is Every Day
âIâm Dana Williams, I was born October 6, 1919.â âNow tell something Dana, donât tell me you donât know nothing!â (Lillian Diehl) âWell, being Iâm not as old as you are, you know more than I do. But we had to rub the clothes on...
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Wasnât We Blest
Unpublished Wasnât we blest Wasnât we blest Praise God Wasnât we blest Didnât have a lot Had a job to do One change of close One pair of shoes Wasnât we blest Wasnât we blest Praise God Wasnât we blest No TV set Just a...
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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...
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Watercolors For Sweet Emily
Unpublished Mr. Johnson doesnât like children Mr. Johnson donât like me I donât 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...
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Way Down Yonder in the White Man’s Field
From the Album Here I Stand: Elderâs Wisdom; Childrenâs Song (Smithsonian Folkways) How many of you made history yesterday? You made history yesterday? Sure enough? Now wait a minute. Somebodyâs holding a hand up saying they did, and somebodyâs shaking their head and saying they...
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We Are Still Here (Honoring Dick Bancroft)
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We Prepare For You (Psalm 29)
âGodâs people will be blessed with peace.â 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...
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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 itâs all over Never knowing what it is that tomorrow it might bring We sure had a good night a Willieâs Wouldnât mind if we could...
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Weâre Moving Out Now (Honoring Gene Carr)
From tyhe Album Eldersâ Wisdom; Childrenâs 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 Weâre moving out now Weâre the soldiers of the U.S. Army March until...
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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 canât give enough Welcome home, welcome home, welcome home From the Army, Marines, welcome home...
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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) âPete 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,...
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Western Plains
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs World I havenât got a nickel I havenât got a dime Out of work With trouble on my mind Out on the western plains Canât you hear that whistle blowing Can you feel that freight train rolling...
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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...
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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...
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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 Thereâs a burning cross you canât hide Instead of...
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Why Not Me, Lord (Honoring Gladys Milton)
âIâm Gladys Milton and I was born May 26, 1924, which makes me not old, but Iâve 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...
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Working Shoes
From the Album Living In A Rich Manâs 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 canât wait âtil Friday When I get my pay Iâm...
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You Donât Know How Lucky You Are (Honoring Thu Van Nguyen)
From the Album Eldersâ Wisdom; Childrenâs 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 donât know how lucky you...
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Youâre 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 âYâ Time to have a piece of pie Apple pie, cherry...
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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...
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Your Love Is Everlasting (Psalm 136)
âGod provides for all living creatures.â 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...