Almanac Singers


Originals

Covers

  • Cover of LOWLAND SEA, 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 BLOW THE MAN DOWN in 1941
  • Cover of (I DON'T WANT YOUR) GREENBACK DOLLAR in 1941 - with Pete Seeger, Alan & Bess Lomax, Woody Guthrie and Lee Hays as All I Want, the oldest version with the Jim Garland lyrics (I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister)
  • 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 WILDWOOD FLOWER in 1942 - as The Sinking Of The Reuben James (see there)
  • Cover of ROSIN THE BOW in 1942 - as Tehran And Roosevelt

Contact


If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:

Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)

info@originals.be

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