Risultati di ricerca
Taken from their May 1941 anti-war album Songs for John Doe which was pulled from distribution following the German invasion of the USSR in June.
- 3 min
- 20,8K
- behindmesatan
Ballad of October 16 Lyrics: It was on a Saturday night and the moon was shining bright / They passed the conscription bill / And the people they did say for many miles away / 'Twas the...
Set to the tune of 'Jesse James,' 'The Ballad of October 16th' was one of Lampell's earliest works; the title of this vitriolic anti-Roosevelt song refers to the day in 1940 when Congress passed the peacetime draft law.
“Ballad of October 16” commemorates the day of a major event in American labor history, known as the “Memorial Massacre.” On October 16, 1934, a strike took place in the textile mills of Gastonia, North Carolina. The workers were demanding better working conditions and the right to unionize.
19 mag 2015 · Provided to YouTube by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings The Ballad of October 16 · The Almanac Singers That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folksong Movement ℗ 1996 ...
- 3 min
- 11,1K
- The Almanac Singers - Topic
Set to the tune of 'Jesse James,' 'The Ballad of October 16th' was one of Lampell's earliest works; the title of this vitriolic anti-Roosevelt song refers to the day in 1940 when Congress passed the peacetime draft law. "No other peace song of the pact era proved more popular in the Communist movement," Richard Reuss later wrote.
6 giu 2018 · Ballad of October 16th (feat. Millard Lampell) The Almanac Singers - Topic. 1.05K subscribers. 7. 579 views 5 years ago. Provided to YouTube by Folk, Blues & Beyond Ballad of October...
- 3 min
- 635
- The Almanac Singers - Topic
