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Protest Songs

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1 Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union THE ACTWU SONG-BOOK: Picket Line and Union Hall - Hard Work and Hard Times - Freedom and Hope.
NY ACTWU, AFL-CIO, CLC 1978 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
58pp, printed in black and red; 6pp illus from photographs. Contains lyrics to 58 protest songs, including: The Farmer Labor Train; A Miner's Life; Roll The Union On; Union Maid; The Banks Are Made Of Marble; Study War No More; We Will Overcome; and 51 more. 8.5" x 5.5" Includes photographs of and songs by Woody Guthrie, Joe Glazer, The Stevens Workers, Guy Carawan, and Pete Seeger. 
Price: 40.00 USD
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2 Carawan, Guy and Candie, editors SING FOR FREEDOM: The story of the Civil Rights Movement through its songs.
Bethlehem, PA Sing Out 1990 0865711801 / 9780865711808 Revised & Enlarged Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
310pp with index; 135 text illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 115 songs, and a new introduction by the editors. 9.75" x 7" 
Price: 35.00 USD
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3 Cunningham, Sis (Agnes), editor BROADSIDE #02 National Topical Song Quarterly
NY Broadside Magazine March 1962 First edition Self-wraps Near Fine 
Original sheets, side-stapled; 10pp; text illus from drawings. Original songs in this issue: One Man's Hands, by Alex Comfort and Pete Seeger; The Birch Society, by Malvina Reynolds; Duffy Square, by D. Brooks; Plain Bill Brown, by Ernest Marrs; and Bill Wolff's new words to two traditional songs. The editor's notes call for hootenannies or hootenparties devoted solely to topical songs to raise money to support Broadside. In notes about the authors of songs in Broadside #1, she states: "Bob Dylan is a new young songwriter and singer out of New Mexico; his first Columbia album is to be out soon...." 11" x 8.5" 
Price: 75.00 USD
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4 Cunningham, Sis (Agnes), editor BROADSIDE #03 National Topical Song Quarterly
NY Broadside Magazine April 1962 First edition Self-wraps Near Fine 
Original sheets, side-stapled; 8pp; text illus from drawing. Original songs in this issue: I Can See A New Day, by Les Rice; Freedom, Freedom Rider, by Marilyn Eisenberg; I Will Not Go Down Under The Ground, by Bob Dylan; The Flowers Of Peace, words by Pete Seeger, trad tune; Ding Dong Dollar & We Dinna Want Polaris, words by Glasgow Song Guild, trad tunes. The editor notes that Marilyn Eisenberg was a freedom rider who spent a month and a half in jail in Parchman, Mississippi....Bob Dylan's first album for Columbia was released....Pete Seeger is turning out quite a few songs these days....Broadside has hootenannies scheduled for NYC and San Francisco..., etc. 11" x 8.5" 
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5 Cunningham, Sis, editor AIN'T IT TIME WE GOT MAD! Songbook.
NY Sis Cunningham Friesen 1992 First Edition Original Wraps Fine 
26pp; illus from photos and drawings. Contains words and music to 16 songs written by Sis Cunningham, editor of "Broadside," the Topical Folk Song Magazine. Titles include: Ain't It Time We Got Mad; Murphy Brown; But Is It Affordable; Ballad Of The F-15s; Inner City Lament; The Transplant Song; My Cow She Was Almost Arrested; Politics USA; Who's Gonna Cover Up The Cover Up; etc. Also contains words to four other songs, each with additional lyrics by Sis. 11" x 8.5" Very scarce. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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6 Dylan, Bob HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED: Piano Arrangements by Jerry Sears.
NY M. Witmark & Sons 1965 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
29pp. Contains words and music to 10 original songs, including: Ballad Of A Thin Man; Like A Rolling Stone; Positively 4th Street; Tombstone Blues; and six more. 12" x 9" 
Price: 60.00 USD
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7 Dylan, Bob JOHN WESLEY HARDING: Songs from the Columbia Album (CS-9604).
NY Bob Dylan Words & Music Co. 1968 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
39pp; cover and three other illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 12 original songs, along with a full-page essay, "The Return of Bob Dylan," by Alfred G. Aronowitz; a two-page essay, "His Best Yet," by Gordon Mills from Rolling Stone; and a full-page piece, "John Wesley Harding," written by Bob Dylan. Song titles include: As I Went Out One Morning; The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest; I Am A Lonesome Hobo; I Pity the Poor Immigrant; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; and seven more. 12" x 9" 
Price: 45.00 USD
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8 Dylan, Bob THE BOB DYLAN COLLECTION
NY Amsco 1990 First Edition Pictorial wraps Very Good 
96pp. Contains words, music, chord symbols and frames for 23 Dylan songs, including: All Along the Watchtower; Idiot Wind; Knockin' on Heaven's Door; Lenny Bruce; Political World; Stuck Inside of Mobile; and 17 more. Prior owner's signture on first page. 12" x 9". 
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9 Dylan, Bob WORLD GONE WRONG
NY Amsco 1994 First Edition Pictorial wraps Very Good Illus from Photographs 
24pp; 9 large illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 10 Dylan songs: World Gone Wrong; Ragged & Dirty; Broke Down Engine; Delia; Two Soldiers; etc. 12" x 9". 
Price: 25.00 USD
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10 Fowke, Edith & Joe Glazer SONGS OF WORK AND FREEDOM Music Arrangements: Kenneth Bray.
Chicago Roosevelt University 1960 First Edition Spiral-bound Good + Hope Taylor 
208pp, index. Contains 100 songs of social protest, each placed in historical context: miners' songs, mill songs, union songs, farm songs, &c. The section titled "O Freedom!" contains songs of African Americans, including: We Are Marching on to Victory; The Abolitionist Hymn; No More Auction Block; and others. 10.5" x 7.25". Laid into this book is a four-page flyer, "Songs for Rebel Workers," printed by the IWW Printing and Publishing House, containing the lyrics to four songs and issued ca. 1965. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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11 Hill, Joe THE SONGS OF JOE HILL. Edited by Barrie Stavis and Frank Harmon.
NY Oak 1967 6th printing Original Wraps Fine 
48pp. A five-page foreword on Joe Hill's life and work precedes the words and music to 23 songs, including: Casey Jones - The Union Scab; The Preacher And The Slave; The Tramp; It's A Long Way Down To The Breadline; The Rebel Girls; Workers Of The World, Awaken!; and 17 more. 8.5" x 5.5" "Originally published on the 40th anniversary of his murder at the hands of the authorities on November 19, 1915." 
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12 Lawrence, Vera Brodsky MUSIC FOR PATRIOTS, POLITICIANS, AND PRESIDENTS: Harmonies and Discords of the First Hundred Years.
NY Macmillan 1975 0025693905 / 9780025693906 First Edition Original Cloth Very Good very good Jacket 
480pp, index; illustrated throughout, some color. A large, heavy book: shipping is extra. 12.25" x 9.25" Contains lyrics to many songs from pre-Revolution resistance to post-Civil War Reconstruction, including facsmiles of the original music pages. 
Price: 30.00 USD
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13 McLaren, Jean and Heide Brown, editors THE RAGING GRANNIES SONGBOOK: Foreword by Pete Seeger.
Gabriola Island & Philadelphia New Society 1993 0865712557 / 9780865712553 First Edition Spiral-bound wraps Very Good 
pp: x, 134; illus from photographs and drawings. Contains 30 pages of background text on the Raging Grannies, followed by lyrics to 102 of their songs on topics of environment, conservation, anti-war, women's rights, politics, etc. 8.5" x 5.25" 
Price: 15.00 USD
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14 Newport Folk Festival NEWPORT BROADSIDE--Topical Songs at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963: Vanguard Stereolab VSD-79144, 12", 33-1/3 rpm vinyl record in original pictorial cover.
NY Vanguard Stereolab 1963 First Edition Pictorial Cover Fine Fine Jacket 
Liner notes by Stacey Williams. The record, sleeve, and cover are in fine condition. 12.25" x 12.25" Contains 15 tracks: Bob Dylan & Pete Seeger (1); Tom Paxton (2); Sam Hinton (1); Bob Davenport (1); The Freedom Singers (3); Jim Garland (2); Ed McCurdy (1); Phil Ochs (2); Peter La Farge (1); Joan Baez & Bob Dylan (1). 
Price: 24.00 USD
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15 Newport Folk Festival NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 1964--Evening Concerts, Volumes 1, 2, 3: Vanguard Stereolab VSD-7918; VRS-9185; VRS-9186; Three 12", 33-1/3 rpm vinyl records in original pictorial covers.
NY Vanguard Stereolab & Recording Society 1964 First Editions Pictorial Covers Fine Very Good Jacket 
Liner notes by Stacey Williams. All three records are in fine condition in very good sleeves and covers. 12.25" x 12.25" Contain 46 tracks in all: Pete Seeger (2); Sleepy John Estes (1); Buffy Sainte-Marie (2); Jose Feliciano (3); Rodriguez Brothers (1); Phil Ochs (2); Frank Profitt (2); Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band (3); Phipps Family (2); Staples Singers (3); Joan Baez (2); Jesse Fuller (2); Theodore Bikel (2); Hamza El Din (1); The Greenbriar Boys (2); Doc Watson (3); Fred McDowell (1); Hedy West (2); Swan Silvertones (2); Tom Paxton (2); Koerner, Ray & Glover (2); Judy Roderick (3); The Cajun Band (1). Record #1 is stereo; records 2 & 3 are high-fidelity . 
Price: 48.00 USD
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16 Place, Jeff and Ronald D. Cohen, compilers THE BEST OF BROADSIDE, 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine--5 cds + book.
Washington DC Folkways 2000 9307401302 First Edition Spiral-bound Wraps Fine 
124pp. The five cds contain 89 protest songs of the era by Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Phil Ochs, Malvina Reynolds, Pete Seeger, and others. Comprises 5 hours and 22 minutes of music, and 124 pages of text from and about "Broadside Magazine." Original illustrated slipcase. 11.25" x 9.5" As new in the publisher's box and shrink-wrap. 
Price: 110.00 USD
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17 Place, Jeff and Ronald D. Cohen, compilers THE BEST OF BROADSIDE, 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine--5 cds + book.
Washington DC Folkways 2000 9307401302 First Edition Spiral-bound Wraps Fine 
124pp. The five cds contain 89 protest songs of the era by Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Phil Ochs, Malvina Reynolds, Pete Seeger, and others. Comprises 5 hours and 22 minutes of music, and 124 pages of text from and about "Broadside Magazine." In the original illustrated slipcase. 11.25" x 9.5" 
Price: 100.00 USD
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18 Scruggs, Earl "Earl Scruggs--and the Sound of Bluegrass," by Pete Welding: In SING OUT! THE FOLK SONG MAGAZINE, Vol. 12, No. 2, April-May 1962 + autograph.
NY Sing Out 1962 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Fine 
60pp; text illus from photographs and line drawings. This issue contains words and music to 14 songs, including: Nine Pound Hammer; White House Blues; Cotton Mill Girls; My Oklahoma Home; Georgia And The IRT; and nine more. Articles include: Earl Scruggs-- And The Sound Of Bluegrass by Pete Welding; Some Thoughts on the Folksong Revival by Richard Dyer-Bennet; Upheaval among the Folklorists by Ed Badeaux; and others. Also present are Pete Seeger's column, the usual departments, reviews, etc. 8.5" x 5.5" On the cover is a photo of Earl Scruggs in performance with his banjo. Tipped at the front is a plain white card, signed in black felt tip: "Earl Scruggs." 
Price: 85.00 USD
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19 Seeger, Peggy and Ewan MacColl SONGS FOR THE SIXTIES
London Workers' Music Association 1961 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
32pp; 11 illus from photographs. A preface by Seeger and MacColl precedes lyrics, melody lines and chord symbols to 25 protest songs of the `50s and `60s. 8.75" x 5.5" This is folksinger Joe Hickerson's copy, his small signature at the top of the title-page. The 25 songs include: Cheering the Queen; Diesel and Shale; Go Down You Murderers; That Greedy Landlord; Strontium Ninety; Wallaby Liz; &c. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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20 Seeger, Pete BROADSIDE BALLADS--Songs from Broadside Magazine sung by Pete Seeger: Vol. 2, includes booklet.
NY Folkways Records 1963 First Edition Pictorial Boards Fine Very Good Jacket 
Broadside Album #B-302. Complete with the 12-page booklet of commentary on the songs, by Moses Asch. Paper sleeve worn. 12.25" x 12.25" Cover design by Moe Asch, photo by David Gahr. Pete sings: Little Boxes; Fare Thee Well; Never Turn Back; The Willing Conscript; Ira Hayes; Who Killed Davey Moore?; I Ain't A-scared Of Your Jail; What Did You Learn In School Today; Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall; The Thresher; William Moore The Mailman; Business; Song Of The Punch Press Operator; The Ballad Of Lou Marsh. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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21 Seeger, Pete and others. PEOPLE'S SONGS, Vol. 1, No. 11, December 1946: Songs of Labor and the American People.
NY People's Songs 1946 First Edition Original Wraps Near Fine Ronnie Gilbert 
12pp; text illus from photographs and drawings. 10.75" x 8.5" This first Christmas issue features a cover drawing by Ronnie Gilbert of The Weavers. It includes words and music to "Free And Equal Blues" by Yip Harburg and Earl Robinson, an article by Robinson, and a Christmas memory by Lee Hays. Also here: Pete Seeger's arrangement of "Go Where I Send Thee"; a guest editorial by Bernie Asbel; lyrics to Woody Guthrie's "Jesus Christ" and to various other songs; &c. 
Price: 100.00 USD
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22 Seeger, Pete and others. PEOPLE'S SONGS, Vol. 2, No. 10, November 1947. Songs of Labor and the American People.
NY People's Songs 1947 First Edition Original Wraps Good + 
12pp; text illus from photographs and drawings. Thumb-size piece torn from bottom of final leaf with loss of several words. 11" x 8.5" Articles in this issue: Report on the first People's Songs Convention; Singing Canadians; Dick Bennett's Experiment at Aspen; Music at Rockwell Kent's, by Lee Hays; etc. Songs include: High Price Blues; Is There A Red Under Your Bed; Train Of Progress; and five more. 
Price: 75.00 USD
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23 Seeger, Pete and others. PEOPLE'S SONGS, Vol. 2, No. 11, December 1947. Songs of Labor and the American People.
NY People's Songs 1947 First Edition Original Wraps Near Fine 
12pp; text illus from photographs and drawings. 11" x 8.5" Articles in this issue: Editorial on the "un-American committee" [later HUAC]; Mother Goose; The Cradle Rocks on Broadway; Brotherhood Songs; Cross Country by Lee Hays. Songs include: Brown-skinned Cow; In The Town; Dona Nobis; centerspread of Christmas carols; Seed For Tomorrow; Brotherhood Hymn; etc. An ad for the new People's Songbook includes blurbs by Leonard Bernstein, Burl Ives, Earl Robinson, Rockwell Kent, and others. 
Price: 100.00 USD
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24 Seeger, Pete and others. PEOPLE'S SONGS, Vol. 3, No. 10, November 1948: Songs of Labor and the American People.
NY People's Songs 1948 First Edition Original Wraps Good 
12pp; text illus from photographs and drawings. Some chipping around lower staple, no loss of text. 11" x 8.5" Articles in this issue: What Kind of Singing Tomorrows?; songwriting for people who can't read music; Cisco Houston; Lee Hays on almanacs; etc. Songs include: Wasn't That A Time, by Lee Hays and Walter Lowenfels; Times Gettin' Hard, with new words by Lee Hays; Mule Skinner's Holler; and five more. 
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25 Seeger, Pete and others. PEOPLE'S SONGS, Vol. 3, Nos. 1 & 2, Feb. & Mar. 1948. Songs of Labor and the American People.
NY People's Songs 1948 First Edition Original Wraps Good + Jacob Lawrence 
24pp; text illus from photographs and drawings. Margins are mouse-gnawed in two places, no text lost. 10.75" x 8.5" The cover is by Jacob Lawrence. Articles in this double-issue: New England Folklore, by Waldemar Hille; Two Early Labor Songs, by Phil Foner. Songs in this issue: Battle Hymn Of '48; Selling Union; I Waters The Workers Beer; Abraham Lincoln Walks Again; Four Freedom's Chant; Slavery's Chain; and 12 more. 
Price: 100.00 USD
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26 Silber, Irwin, editor REPRINTS FROM SING OUT! The Folk Song Magazine, Volume Five.
NY Sing Out 1963 7th printing Original Wraps Near Fine 
64pp; occasional small illustrations. Contains words and music to 58 songs and background notes on each song, 8.5" x 5.5" 
Price: 10.00 USD
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27 Silber, Irwin, editor REPRINTS FROM SING OUT! Volume 1.
NY Sing Out 1959 First edition thus Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
64pp; occasional small illustrations. Contains words and music to 62 songs that appeared in "Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine" from 1950 to 1959, with background notes on each. 8.5" x 5.5" 
Price: 15.00 USD
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28 Silber, Irwin, editor REPRINTS FROM SING OUT! Volume 2.
NY Sing Out 1960 First edition thus Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
64pp; occasional small illustrations. Contains words and music to 61 songs that appeared in "Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine" from 1950 to 1960, with background notes on each. 8.5" x 5.5" 
Price: 10.00 USD
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29 Sing Out magazine "SING OUT! THE FOLK SONG MAGAZINE", Volume 17, Number 2, April/May 1967.
NY Sing Out 1967 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Fine 
64pp; text illus from photographs. Articles include: The Radio Ballads by Ewan MacColl; Bill Bolick's Own Story of the Blue Sky Boys; Folk Songs of New York City by June Lazare; folk news; book and record reviews; and a selection of songs written by readers. 11" x 8.5" 
Price: 20.00 USD
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30 Sing Out magazine "SING OUT! THE FOLK SONG MAGAZINE": Volume 3, Number 5, January 1953.
NY People's Artists 1953 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
16pp. Edited by Irwin Silber. This issue contains words and music to seven songs, including: Hey, The Dusty Miller; Highland Widow's Lament; Tenting Tonight; and four more. Articles include: The Weavers Sing at Town Hall; Robert Burns--Scottish Rebel; They're Singing for Peace from Montreal to Vancouver; folk scene news; correspondence; etc. 8.5" x 5.5" On the cover is a photo of a Robert Burns portrait. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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