The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Almanac Singers

Cover of GOLDEN WILLOW TREE, The in 1941 - as The Golden Vanity
Cover of I SHALL NOT BE MOVED in 1941 - as We Shall Not Be Moved
Cover of LI'L LIZA JANE in 1941
Cover of GROUND HOG in 1941
Cover of I AM A UNION WOMAN in 1941 - as Which Side Are You On, another union song based on the same melody and written by Florence Reece, wife of a union man and seriously challenged by vigilante men during that same strike in Kentucky in 1931, verbally taking a stand with the words of her song
Cover of RED WING (AN INDIAN FABLE) in 1941 - as Union Maid; see there
Cover of BUFFALO GALS (WON'T YOU COME OUT TONIGHT?) in 1941 - with Pete Seeger
Cover of TALKING BLUES in 1941 - as Talking Union; lyrics: John Greenway; in 1958 Folkways released a collection of Talking Blues sang by the same John Greenway, mining the canon of Woody Guthrie, Tom Glazer a.o. and an 'obvious source' for folkies in the sixties
Cover of HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN, THE in 1941 - Alan Lomax recording
Cover of ROSIN THE BOW in 1942 - as Tehran And Roosevelt

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