Excerpt from Talking Union Words by Lee Hayes, Millard Lampell and Pete Seeger - inspired by Woody Guthrie's Talking Dustbowl. Talking Union ©1958 Stormking Music, Inc., BMILately I've been picking up strange vibrationsI hear my music now on oldies stationsPut out a CD called the best of what I wasMy picture's on the cover and no one knowsJust when you think you've got the wisdom of the agesNobody seems to want to turn your pagesI used to think I was the cat's pajamasNow I'm about as hip as Fernando Lamas(cause I'm) Old enoughOld enough to be your fatherOld enoughOld enough (and then some)And now my kids are taking me to the showsThere's hip-hop, rap, grunge music I don't knowI like to think I'm still part of the crowdBut, how can they hear the lyricsWhen the music is so loud?!I dig rock and roll music(I been saying that for a while)But I wonder if you knewThat rhythm & blues begat the rock and roll style?And just like that, way before rap,Woody Guthrie spread the newsHe told it straight, let us relateThis Talking Union Blues:Well if you want higher wages, let me tell you what to doYou've got to talk to the workers in the shop with youYou got to build you a union, got to make it strongBut if you all stick together, boys, it won't be longYou get shorter hours, better working conditionsVacations with pay, take the kids to the seashoreWell I remember I was seventeenI was a Birmingham High School rock and roll kingThe paper talked about how I'd strut my stuffI'd like to read it, but my arms aren't long enoughI kinda like my new senior statusI don't even care what the latest fad isMy g-generation's rediscovered meAnd now I'm on the cover of modern maturity
Lyrics by Peter, Paul & Mary
'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 24 GREEN STREET 500 MILES 75 SEPTEMBERS A SOALIN' ALL MIXED UP ALL MY TRIALS ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT AND WHEN I DIE APOLOGIZE AUTUMN TO MAY BABYLON/OH SINNER MAN Ballad Of Spring Hill BALLAD OF SPRING HILL (Spring Hill Disaster) BAMBOO BECAUSE ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS BEST OF FRIENDS BETTY & DUPREE BIG BOAT BLOWIN' IN THE WIND Blowing In The Wind BLUE BOA CONSTRICTOR BOB DYLAN'S DREAM Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? BROTHER, (BUDDY) CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? BUT A MOMENT BY SURPRISE CAR-CAR CHILDREN GO WHERE I SEND THEE CHRISTMAS DINNER Christmas Song COME AND GO WITH ME COMING OF THE ROADS CRUEL WAR DANNY'S DOWNS Day Is Done DELIVERY DELAYED DEPORTEE DODI LI DON'T GO DOWN TO THE QUARRY Don't Laugh At Me Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Dont Think Twice Its All Right Down By The Riverside Early In The Morning EARLY MORNIN' RAIN Early Morning Rain EL SALVADOR EVERY FLOWER FAIR IRELAND Father's House FLORA Follow Me For Baby FOR BABY (FOR BOBBIE) For Lovin Me For Lovin' Me FOR THE LOVE OF IT ALL FOREVER YOUNG Freedom Medley FREIGHT TRAIN GARDEN SONG GILGARRA MOUNTAIN Go Tell It On The Mountain GOING TO THE ZOO GOLDEN VANITY GONE THE RAINBOW Goodnight Irene GREENLAND WHALE FISHERIES GREENWOOD HANGMAN HAYO, HAYA HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS HOME ON THE RANGE / DON'T EVER TAKE AWAY MY FREEDO... HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN HURRY SUNDOWN HUSH-A-BYE HYMN I Am Your Child I Dig Rock And RolI Music I DIG ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC I HAVE A SONG TO SING, O! I KNOW AN OLD LADY I NEED ME TO BE FOR ME I SHALL BE RELEASED I WONDER AS I WANDER I'D RATHER BE IN LOVE I'M IN LOVE WITH A BIG BLUE FROG If I Had A Hammer IF I HAD MY WAY IF I HAD WINGS IF I WERE FREE Indian Sunset INSIDE Invisible People IT AIN'T ME BABE It's Magic IT'S RAINING JANE, JANE JESUS MET THE WOMAN JIMMY WHALEN KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE Kumbaya LE DESERTEUR LEATHERWING BAT Leaving On A Jet Plane Lemon Tree LIGHT ONE CANDLE LIKE THE FIRST TIME Listen, Mr. Bilbo LISTEN, MR. BILBO (Mr. Bigot) LONG CHAIN ON Love City LOVE CITY (Postcards To Duluth) MAKE-BELIEVE TOWN MAN COME INTO EGYPT Michael Row The Boat Ashore MOCKINGBIRD MOMENTS OF SOFT PERSUASION MON VRAI DESTIN MONDAY MORNING MORNING TRAIN MOTHERLESS CHILD MS. RHEINGOLD MUSIC SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS NO EASY WALK TO FREEDOM NO MAN'S LAND NO OTHER NAME NORMAN NORMAL O COME, O COME EMMANUEL Oh, Had I A Golden Thread OH, ROCK MY SOUL Oh, Rock My Soul (Live) OLD COAT Old Enough Old Father Time ON A DESERT ISLAND ONE KIND FAVOR One Tin Soldier PACK UP YOUR SORROWS PASTURES OF PLENTY PAULTALK POEM FOR ERIKA / FOR BABY POLLY VON POWER PRETTY MARY Puff The Magic Dragon Puff, The Magic Dragon QUIT YOUR LOW DOWN WAYS REASON TO BELIEVE Rhymes & Reasons RICH MAN POOR MAN RIGHT FIELD RIVER OF JORDAN ROCKY ROAD ROLLING HOME SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES SEPTEMBER SONG Settle Down SETTLE DOWN (Goin' Down That Highway) SHE DREAMS SINGLE GIRL SOMAGWAZA/HEY,MOTSWALA Some Walls SOMETIME LOVIN' SOMOS EL BARCO Song Of Peace SORROW STATE OF THE HEART Stewball SUCH IS LOVE SUMMER HIGHLAND FALLS SWEET SURVIVOR TAKE THE CHANCE TALKIN' CANDY BAR BLUES Tall Pine Trees TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN THE CHERRY TREE CAROL THE CUCKOO THE EDDYSTONE LIGHT THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE THE FOX THE FRIENDLY BEASTS THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD The Great Mandala THE GREAT MANDALA (The Wheel of Life) THE HOUSE SONG THE KID THE KING OF NAMES THE LAST THING ON MY MIND THE LOVE IN YOU The Magi THE MAGI (The Heart of Man's A Palace) THE MARVELOUS TOY THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE THE RISING OF THE MOON THE SONG IS LOVE THE TIMES THEY ARE A' CHANGIN' THE UNICORN SONG THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE THERE IS A SHIP THERE'S ANGER IN THE LAND THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND THIS TRAIN THREE RAVENS TINY SPARROW Too Much Of Nothing TRAMP ON THE STREET TRYIN' TO WIN VERY LAST DAY WANDERIN'/NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OU... WASN'T THAT A TIME Wayfaring Stranger WE SHALL OVERCOME WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS WEAVE ME THE SUNSHINE Wedding Song WEEP FOR JAMIE WELL, WELL, WELL WHATSHERNAME WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE WHISPERED WORDS WILD PLACES WITH YOUR FACE TO THE WIND WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN TO DANCE YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW YUPPIES IN THE SKY