Ewan MacColl
Song compositions by theme

---------The Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger Archive---------at Ruskin College Oxford

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INDEX [The © date link provides details of the copyright owner of the song]

  1. Railways and railway workers
  2. Roads and road-builders
  3. Fishing communities
  4. Coal mining communities
  5. Boxing and boxers - the fight game
  6. Family, Generation Gap, Teenagers, Growing up, Self-image, Loneliness
  7. Gypsies and Travellers
  8. Irishmen & / or Ireland
  9. Work, Creativity, Industry, Unions, Employment and Unemployment
  10. Male and Female role models: sexual equality
  11. Love songs
  12. Places
  13. Life and Leisure
  14. Sci Fi songs
  15. Health (including 'The Body Blow')
  16. Accidents
  17. Nuclear Energy
  18. War and Peace (Nuclear Weapons, Vietnam etc)
  19. The Law: freedom of speech, civil rights, rebellion & / or crime
  20. People and role models
  21. Politics and Society - Britain
  22. Politics and Society - USA
  23. Politics and Society - Other Countries
  24. Racism and Anti-Apartheid

01 Railways and railway workers [INDEX]

Ballad of Leisure Time [1957] [7] © 1963
Cannily, Cannily [1950s] [13] [43] [46] © wma 1960
Cannily, cannily, bonnie la'l bairnikie (Cannily, Cannily) [1950s] [13] [43] [46] © wma 1960
Come all you British loco-men (Ballad of Leisure Time) [1957] [7] © 1963
Come all you young maidens, take a warning from me (Fireman's Not for Me, The) [1953] [7] © 1963
Fireman's Calypso [1957] [7] © 1963
Fireman's Not for Me, The [1953] [7] © 1963
Iron Road, The see "Song of the Iron Road" [1957] [7] [40] [42] [46] [51] © 1963
Song of the Iron Road [1957] [7] [40] [42] [46] [51] © 1963
The iron road is a hard road (Song of the Iron Road) [1957] [7] [40] [42] [46] [51] © 1963
You give her water, you give her coal (Fireman's Calypso) [1957] [7] © 1963

02 Roads and road-builders [INDEX]

And now the job is ended and the road is all complete (Road Is Done, The) [1958] [45A] © 1994
Cats and Back-Acters [1958] [45A] © 1994
Champion at Keepin' 'Em Rolling [1950s] [13] [23] [37] [43] © wma 1954
Come all you gallant drivers, wherever you may be (Driver's Song), The [1958] [3A] [28] [33] [51] [45A] © 1963
Come, Me Little Son [1958] [24] [31] © 1963
Come, me little son, and I will tell you what we'll do (Come, Me Little Son) [1958] [24] [31] © 1963
Driver's Song, The [1958] [3A] [28] [33] [51] [45A] © 1963
Earth cooled ... mountains, plains and seas formed (Cats and Back-Acters) [1958] 45A © 1994
England's Motorway see "Come, Me Little Son" [1958] [24] [31] © 1963
Exile Song, The [1958] [45A] © 1963
Fitter's Song, The [1958] [31] [36] [51] [45A] © 1963
Hot Asphalt [1958] [32] [45A] © 1963
I am a roving rambler, a fitter to me trade (Fitter's Song, The) [1958] [31] [36] [51] [45A] © 1963
I am an old-timer, I travel the (Champion at Keepin' 'Em Rolling) [1950s] [13] [23] [37] [43] © wma 1954
I'm Champion at Keepin' 'Em Rolling [1950s] [13] [23] [37] [43] © wma 1954
Just a Note see "The Exile Song" [1958] [45A] © 1963
Just a note, for time is short, dear (Exile Song, The) [1958] [45A] © 1963
On the day that you decide to build a road from there to here (Song of a Road) [1958] [45A] © 1994
Progress Report see "Song of a Road" [1958] [45A] © 1994
Road Is Done, The [1958] [45A] © 1994
Song of a Road [1958] [45A] © 1994
You can talk about your concrete and the boys (Hot Asphalt) [1958] [32] [45A] © 1963

03 Fishing communities [INDEX]

A' the week your man's awa' (Fisherman's Wife) [1959] [39] [44] © 1963
All the Week (see "Fisherman's Wife") [1959] [39] [44] © 1963
Bonnie Shoals of Herring, The see "Shoals of Herring" [1959] [3A] [1] [24] [32] [44] [54] © 1963
Boy! Find your sea legs (Cabin Boy)[1959] [44][51] © 1994
Cabin Boy [1959] [44] [51] © 1994
Come a' ye fisher lassies, ay, it's come awa' wi' me (Fishgutters' Song, The) [1959] [44] [55] © 1963
Come all you gallant fishermen that plough the stormy sea (North Sea Holes) [1959] [4] [44]© 1963
C'wa', ye herring fishermen (We're Awa' to Fish for the Herrin'-O) [1959] [44]© 1994
Fisherman's Wife [1959] [39] [44]© 1963
Fishgutters' Song, The [1959] [4]4, [55] © 1963
Fishing for Cod [1960] © 1994
I am a bold seafaring man, I come from everywhere (Shellback Song) [1972] [22] © 1992
It's busk ye, my lads, get you up on the deck (Net-Hauling Song) [1959] [39] [44]© 1963
Net-Hauling Song [1959] [39] [44]© 1963
North Sea Holes [1959] [4] [44]© 1963
O, it was a fine and a pleasant day (Shoals of Herring, The) [1959] [3A] [11] [24] [32] [44][54] © 1963
O, who would choose to sail the oceans (Sailor, The) [1950s] © 1968
Sailor, The [1950s] © 1968
Shellback Song [1972] [22] © 1992
Shoals of Herring, The [1959] [3A] [11] [24] [32] [44] [50] [54] © 1963
Shores of Erin, The see "The Shoals of Herring" [1959] [3A] [11] [24] [32] [36] [44] [54] © 1963
Song of the Fishgutters see "The Fishgutters' Song" [1959] [44] [55] © 1963
The first day out, our ship is doing eleven knots or more (Fishing for Cod) [1960] © 1994
Trawl, The [1960] © 1994
Trawling's not so bad for a young and likely lad (Trawl, The) [1960] © 1994
We're Awa' to Fish for the Herrin'-O [1959] [44]© 1994
With our nets and gear we're faring (Shoals of Herring) [1959] [3A] [11] [24] [32] [36] [44][54] © 1963

04 Coal mining communities [INDEX]

Big Hewer, The [1960] [10] [24] [32] [50] © 1963
Daddy, What Did You Do in the Strike? [1984] [18] © 1984
Down in the Dark [1960] [10] © 1994
Down in the dark, through the Pinchin Seam [1960] [10] © 1994
Every day for weeks and weeks on end (On the Picket Line) [1984] [18] © 1984
Holy Joe from Scabsville [1984] [18] © 1984
Holy Joe see "Holy Joe from Scabsville" [1984] [18] © 1984
It was in the year of 'eighty-four (Daddy, What Did You Do in the Strike?) [1984] [18] © 1984
Many's the time I've sat by the fire and thought how the coal (Miner's Wife) [1960] [10] [51] © 1963
Miner's Wife II see "On the Picket Line" [1984] [18] © 1984
Miner's Wife [1960] [10] [51] © 1963
On the Picket Line [1984] [18] © 1984
Out of the dirt and darkness I was born, go down! (Big Hewer, The) [1960] [10] [24] [32] [50] © 1963
Plodder Seam, The [1939] [43] © 1963
Roll Up the Coal Up [1950s] © 1994
Schooldays End [1960] [10] © 1963
Schooldays Over see "Schooldays End" [1960] [10] © 1963
Schooldays over, come on then, John (Schooldays End) [1960] [10] © 1963
The Plodder Seam is a wicked seam, it's part of (Plodder Seam, The) [1939] [43] © 1963
There's a bloke I know in Scabsville (Holy Joe from Scabsville) [1984] [18] © 1984
You dig like a mole to get the coal (Roll Up the Coal Up) [1950s] © 1994

05 Boxing and boxers - the fight game [INDEX]

After the Fight see 'The Battle Is Done With' [1963] [21] [24] [51] © 1968
Battle Is Done With, The [1963] [21] [24] [51] © 1968
Born in a Partick single-end (Peter Keenan's Song) [1963] 21 © Embassy Music 1968
Boxer's Wife see "Who Would Have a Boxer" [1963] [21] © 1994
Boxing Business, The [1963] [21] © 1994
Childhood Song see "Peter Keenan's Song"[1963] [21] © Embassy Music 1968
Come on, Johnny see "The Fight" [1963] [21] © 1963
Come on, Johnny! In and give him the punishment! (Fight, The) [1963] [21] © 1963
Day of the Fight, The [1963] [21] © 1994
Every day we're here, busy at the skipping (Skipping Song) [1963] [21] © 1994
Fight, The [1963] [21] © 1963
Fighter's Childhood see "Peter Keenan's Song" [1963] [21] © Embassy Music 1968
Get at the punch bag (Punching Shanty) [1963] [21] © 1994
Life Is a Battle [1963] [21] © 1968
Man in the Ring [1963] [21] © Embassy Music 1968
Peter Keenan's Song [1963] [21] © Embassy Music 1968
Punching Shanty [1963] [21] © 1994
Skipping Song [1963] [21] © 1994
So you're busy at your training and you're feeling fine (Boxing Business, The) [1963] [21] © 1994
Speedball Song [1963] [21] © 1994
Stayed in bed, lay in this morning (Day of the Fight, The) [1963] [21] © 1994
The battle is done with, the fighters departed (Battle Is Done With, The) [1963] [21] [24] [51] © 1968
The world is just a battlefield (Life Is a Battle) [1963] [21] © 1968
What'll we do with the man in the ring? (Man in the Ring) [1963] [21] © Embassy Music 1968
What'll We Do with the Man in the Ring? see "Man in the Ring" [1963] [21] © Embassy Music 1968
When You're a Fighter [1963] [21] © 1968
When you're a fighter you're different (When You're a Fighter ) [1963] [21] © 1968
Who Would Have a Boxer [1963] [21] © 1994
Who would have a boxer for a husband or a son? (Who Would Have a Boxer) [1963] [21] © 1994
Working at the speedball (Speedball Song) [1963] [21] © 1994
You're Busy at the Training see "The Boxing Business" [1963] [21] © 1994

06 Family, Generation Gap, Teenagers, Growing up, Self-image, Loneliness [INDEX]

Alone [1962] [34][51] © 1968
Father's Song, The [1978] [25] © 1978
I think we should be getting married [1962] [34]© 1962
Juliet's Song [1966] © 1968
Look at You [1968] [22] © 1968
Nobody Knew She Was There [1977] [11] [27] [20] [53] © 1977
O, the trees are not so tall as the last time I was here (Juliet’s Song) [1966] © 1968
Parent and Child [1962] [34]© 1994
That's another day gone by, son, close your eyes (Father's Song, The) [1978] [25] © 1978
The world that I knew, it has vanished and gone (Alone) [1962] [34][51] © 1968
We're Young but We're A-Growing [1962] [34]© 1994
What is it like, the world outside (World beyond the Wall) [1962] [34]© 1962
Where is the child who would climb on my knee (Parent and Child) [1962] [34]© 1994
Why should you be lonely (We're Young but We're A-Growing) [1962] [34]© 1994
World beyond the Wall [1962] [1962] [34]© 1962
You don't have to be a teenager to drop out of things (Look at You) [1968] [22] © 1968

07 Gypsies and Travellers [INDEX]

Born in the middle of the afternoon (Moving On Song) [1964] [3A] [11] [24] [47] [51] [54] © 1968
Dark the Night see "The Winds of Change" [1963] [47] © 1968
Dark the night, the winds of change (Winds of Change, The) [1963] [47] © 1968
Freeborn Man [1964] [24] [33] [47] [50] [51] © 1964
Goodbye to the Thirty-Foot Trailer see "Thirty-Foot Trailer" [1963] [24] [50] [47] © 1968
Gypsy Is a Gentleman, The [1964] [47] © 1968
Gypsy Jack of All Trades, The [1964] [51] [47] © 1964
Gypsy's Answer, The [1964] [47] © 1968
I'm a freeborn man of the travelling people (Freeborn Man) [1964] [24] [33] [47] [50] [51] © 1964
I'm a Freeborn Man see "Freeborn Man" [1964] [24] [33] [47] [50] [51] © 1964
Move Along, Get Along see "Moving On Song" [1964] [3A] [11] [24] [47] [51] [54] © 1968
Moving On Song [1964] [3A] [11] [24] [47] [51] [54] © 1968
O, the Gypsy is a gentleman and he always knows his (Gypsy Is a Gentleman) [1964] 47 © 1968
On a rock on the shore is the cormorant's dwelling (There's No Place for Me) [1964] [47] © 1994
Song of Change see "Thirty-Foot Trailer" [1963] [24] [50] [47] © 1968
Terror Time, The [1964] [47] © 1968
The heather will fade and the bracken will die (Terror Time, The) [1964] [47] © 1968
The old ways are changing, ye canna deny (Thirty-Foot Trailer) [1963] [24] [50] [47] © 1968
There's No Place for Me [1964] [47] © 1994
There's some that say that I'm a rogue, (Gypsy Jack of All Trades, The) [1964] [51] [47] © 1964
They say we leave litter and mess up the land (Gypsy's Answer, The) [1964] [47] © 1968
Thirty-Foot Trailer [1963] [24] [50] [47] © 1968
Winds of Change, The [1963] [47] © 1968
Winter Song, The see "The Terror Time" [1964] 47 © 1968

08 Irishmen & / or Ireland [INDEX]

As I went out through Camden Town, up came a Murphy truck (Indeed I Would) [1966] © 1968
Devil and Ganger McGlynn, The [1966] © 1968
Dublin Jack of All Trades [1966] © 1968
Green Island see "The Island" [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988
Hares run free on the Wicklow mountains (Tunnel Tigers, The) [1966] [45] © 1968
Indeed I Would [1966] © 1968
Island, The [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988
New Rocks of Baun, The [1966] © 1968
Nipper's Song, The [1966] © 1968
O, I am a rambling Irishman, I've travelled this country o'er (The Rambling Irishman) [1966] © 1968
O Come all you true-born Irishmen that pad the country round (Van Dieman's Land) [1965] © 1968
One fine sunny morning in summer, I wandered (Devil and Ganger McGlynn) The [1966] © 1968
Rambler from Clare, The [1966] © 1968
Rambling Irishman [1966] © 1968
Rocks of Baun, The see "The New Rocks of Baun" [1966] © 1968
The island lay like a leaf upon the sea [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988
Tunnel Tigers, The [1966] [45] © 1968
Van Diemen's Land see "Van Diemen's Land 1965" [1965] © 1968
You walk along Fitzsimmon Street with an independent air (Nipper's Song, The) [1966] © 1968
Your foot is on the third-class deck, your eye is on the shore (New Rocks of Baun) [1966] © 1968

09 Work, Creativity, Industry, Unions, Employment and Unemployment [INDEX]

As I was a-walking down by (Lament for the Death of a Nobody) [1968] [45] [26] © 1994
Ballad of the Five Fingers, The see "Five Fingers" [1957] © 1963
Christ! Another weekend gone, another Monday (Looking for a Job) [1986] [3A] [11] [26] © 1986
Co-operative Marriage [1966] © 1994
Dirty Old Town [1949] [11] [24] [40] [50] [54] © Robbins Music c/o EMI
Don't Be Surprised [1986] [26] © 1986
Dublin Jack of All Trades [1966] © 1968
Firefighter's Song, The [1952] © wma 1954
Five fingers has the hand, five fingers, five fingers [1957] © 1963
Follow the Printer's Trade [1960] [32] © 1963
Gravedigger's Song, The [1965] © 1968
Hares run free on the Wicklow mountains (Tunnel Tigers, The) [1966] [45] © 1968
Here's to old Jack, he's the salt of the earth [1970] © 1994
I am a roving, sporting blade, they call me Jack of All (Dublin Jack of All Trades) [1966] © 1968
I am a young fellow that's very well known (Rambler from Clare, The) [1966] © 1968
I found my love by the gasworks croft (Dirty Old Town) [1949] [11] [24] [40] [50] [54] © Robbins Music c/o EMI
I'm a Rambler see "Manchester Rambler" [1932] [3A] [7] [11] [24] [50] [54] © 1978
In the beginning was the word (Follow the Printer's Trade) [1960] [32] © 1963
It was back in nineteen-twenty-two (Firefighter's Song, The) [1952] © wma 1954
It was in the borough of Bethnal Green (Co-operative Marriage) [1966] © 1994
I've been over Snowden, I've slept upon Crowden [1932] [3A] [7] [11] [24] [50] [54] © 1978
Kilroy Was Here [1980] [3A] [11] [27] [54] © 1980
Kiss the Children for Me, Mary see "The Exile Song" [1958] [45A] © 1963
Lament for the Death of a Nobody [1968] [45] [26] © 1994
Looking for a Job [1986] [3A] [11] [26] © 1986
Manchester Rambler [1932] [3A] [7] [11] [24] [50] [54] © 1978
Monday Morning see "After the Weekend It's Monday" [1966] © 1968
My faither rented a piece o' land, (Tenant Farmer, The) [1977] [25] © 1977
My Old Man [1986] [3A] [11] [27] [54] [55] © 1986
My old man got up on Monday morning (Seven Days of the Week) [1980] [27] © 1980
My old man was a good old man, (My Old Man) [1986] [3A] [11] [27] [54] [55] © 1986
Needle and Thread [1961] [17] [32] © 1963
Nobody Knew She Was There [1977] [11] [27] [20] [53] © 1977
Now, we are folks of settled views, (Public Unpublic) [1986] [26] © 1986
Nuclear Means Jobs [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988
O, come all you gravediggers in Erin's green isle (Gravedigger's Song, The) [1965] © 1968
O, I am a wagon driver, boys, (Twenty-one Years) [1946] [13] [42] © 1960s belwin-mills
Printer's Trade, The see "Follow the Printer's Trade" [1960] [32] © 1963
Public Unpublic [1986] [26] © 1986
Rambler's Song see "Manchester Rambler" [1932] [3A] [7] [11] [24] [50] [54] © 1978
Seven Days of the Week [1980] [27] © 1980
She walks in the cold, dark hour (Nobody Knew She Was There) [1977] [11] [27] [20] [53] © 1977
Tenant Farmer, The [1977] [25] © 1977
Things go together like needle and thread (Needle and Thread) [1961] [17] [32] © 1963
Tunnel Tigers, The [1966] [45] © 1968
Twenty-one Years [1946] [13] [42] © 1960s belwin-mills
Two Joined Hands was our device (We Are the Engineers) [1960] [48] © 1978
Van Diemen's Land 1965 [1965] © 1968
We Are the Engineers [1960] [48] © 1978
We are young workers who in search of healthy sport (Mass Trespass) [1932] © 1994
We're told that in this scientific age we're privileged to be alive (Nuclear means jobs) [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988
When you've fought through all your working days to make the union strong (Don't Be Surprised) [1986] [26] © 1986
Who was here when they handed out the heavy jobs (Kilroy Was Here) [1980] [3A] [11] [27] [54] © 1980

10 Male and Female role models: sexual equality [INDEX]

Sunday, Bloody Sunday see "Sunday, O Sunday" © 1994
Sunday, O Sunday [1981-2] © 1994
The night is almost spent (Sunday, O Sunday) [1981-2] © 1994
The poet called her Juliet, wrote sonnets to her hair (What the Poet Called Her) [1980] [27] © 1980
What the Poet Called Her [1980] [27] © 1980

11 Love songs [INDEX]

Angela Davis see "Love for Love" [1977] [5] [19] © 1971
Come live with me and be my love [1961] [3] [31] © 1963
Come, my darling, we're a union (Love for Love) [1977] [5] [19] © 1971
Death on the Mountain [1956]
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [1957] [3A] [11] [24] [32] [53] [54] [55] © 1962
Flow, Sweet River, Flow see "Sweet Thames, Flow Softly" [1966] [15] [2] [24] [38] [50] © 1968
Here my darling, here is a letter (Letter, The) [1961] [29] © 1963
I found my love by the gasworks croft (Dirty Old Town) [1949] [11] [24] [40] [50] [54] © Robbins Music c/o EMI
I make a date with my sweet potato (Rosalie) [1959] [32] © Belwin Mills 1959
I met my girl at Woolwich Pier (Sweet Thames, Flow Softly) [1966] [15] [2] [24] [38] [50] © 1968
Letter, The [1961] [29] © 1963
Love for Love [1977] [5] [19] © 1971
My mama told me I should never venture into space (Space Girl's Song) [1953] [31] © 1963
Once Again (Seeger) [1989] [1] © 1989
Rosalie [1959] [32] © Belwin Mills 1959
Sweet Thames, Flow Softly [1966] [15] [2] [24] [38] [50] © 1968
Thank you for the long, long summer days Once Again (Seeger) [1989] [1] © 1989
The first time ever I saw your face [3A] [11] [24] [32] [53] [54] [55] © 1962
True Love [1986] [26] © 1994
Up there on the brown hills (Death on the Mountain) [1956]
With Love to Angela Davis see "Love for Love" [1977] [5] [19] © 1971
You and I [1977] [25] © 1977
You and I have feasted on the golden apples of the sun (You and I) [1977] [25] © 1977

12 Places [INDEX]

As I went out through Camden Town, up came a Murphy truck (Indeed I Would) [1966] © 1968
Angel Lane see "Down the Lane" [1966] [24] © 1968
Devil and Ganger McGlynn, The [1966] © 1968
Dirty Old Town [1949] [11] [24] [40] [50] [54] © Robbins Music c/o EMI
Down the Lane [1966] [24] © 1968
Down the Lane on a Saturday morning [1966] [24] © 1968
Dublin Jack of All Trades [1966] © 1968
Farewell to Ireland [1966] © 1968
Flow, Sweet River, Flow see "Sweet Thames, Flow Softly" [1966] [15] [2] [24] [38] [50] © 1968
Green Island see "The Island" [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988
Hares run free on the Wicklow mountains (Tunnel Tigers, The) [1966] [45] © 1968
I am a roving, sporting blade, they call me Jack of All (Dublin Jack of All Trades) [1966] © 1968
I am a young fellow that's very well known (Rambler from Clare, The) [1966] © 1968
I found my love by the gasworks croft (Dirty Old Town) [1949] [11] [24] [40] [50] [54] © Robbins Music c/o EMI
I make a date with my sweet potato (Rosalie) [1959] [32] © Belwin Mills 1959
I met my girl at Woolwich Pier (Sweet Thames, Flow Softly) [1966] [15] [2] [24] [38] [50] © 1968
Indeed I Would [1966] © 1968
Island, The [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988
Kiss the Children for Me, Mary see "The Exile Song" [1958] [45A] © 1963
My mama told me I should never venture into space (Space Girl's Song) [1953] [31] © 1963
New Rocks of Baun, The [1966] © 1968
Nipper's Song, The [1966] © 1968
Northern City [1957] © 1994
O, I am a rambling Irishman, I've travelled this country o'er (The Rambling Irishman) [1966] © 1968
One fine sunny morning in summer, I wandered (Devil and Ganger McGlynn) The [1966] © 1968
Rambler from Clare, The [1966] © 1968
Rosalie [1959] [32] © Belwin Mills 1959
Saturday Morning in Angel Lane see "Down the Lane" [1966] [24] © 1968
Saw you first on a winter's morning (Stalinvarosh) [1950s] © 1978
Sweet Thames, Flow Softly [1966] [15] [2] [24] [38] [50] © 1968
Tunnel Tigers, The [1966] [45] © 1968
Van Diemen's Land 1965 [1965] © 1968
Where the wind blows cold and salty (Northern City) [1957] © 1994
You walk along Fitzsimmon Street with an independent air (Nipper's Song, The) [1966] © 1968
Your foot is on the third-class deck, your eye is on the shore (New Rocks of Baun) [1966] © 1968

13 Life and Leisure [INDEX]

Ballad of the Travels, The [1988] © 1994
Come on, lads, come on, it's Friday night (Friday Night) [1966] © 1968
Farewell, you northern hills, you mountains all, goodbye (Joy of Living, The) [1986] [3A] [11] [26] [54] [55] © 1986
Friday Night [1966] © 1968
I'm a Rambler see "Manchester Rambler" [1932] [3A] [7] [11] [24] [50] [54] © 1978
I've been over Snowden, I've slept upon Crowden [1932] [3A] [7] [11] [24] [50] [54] © 1978
Joy of Living, The [1986] [3A] [11] [26] [54] [55] © 1986
King Arthur's knichts they socht the grail (Ballad of Travels, The) [1988] © 1994
Manchester Rambler [1932] [3A] [7] [11] [24] [50] [54] © 1978
Rambler's Song see "Manchester Rambler" [1932] [3A] [7] [11] [24] [50] [54] © 1978
Up there on the brown hills (Death on the Mountain) [1956]
We are young workers who in search of healthy sport (Mass Trespass) [1932] © 1994
Wizz's Song see "Friday Night" [1966] © 1968

14 Sci Fi songs [INDEX]

My mama told me I should never venture into space (Space Girl's Song) [1953] [31] © 1963
Nightmare [1970] [22] © 1970
Set the alarm for half past five (Nightmare) [1970] [22] © 1970
Space Girl's Song [1953] [31] © 1963

15 Health (including 'The Body Blow') [INDEX]

While There's Life There's Hope [1962] [12A] © 1994
While there's life there's hope and you've improved a lot [1962] [12A] © 1994

16 Accidents [INDEX]

Summertime, the sun is high (Young Birds, The) [1961] [32] © 1963
Young Birds, The [1961] [32] © 1963

17 Nuclear Energy [INDEX]

Nuclear Means Jobs [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988
We're told that in this scientific age we're privileged to be alive (Nuclear means jobs) [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988

18 War and Peace (Nuclear Weapons, Vietnam etc) [INDEX]

Ballad of the Five Fingers, The see "Five Fingers" [1957] © 1963
Big Mouth [1950s] © 1994
Brother, Did You Weep? see "Disc of Sun" [1967] [3] [5] [11] [28] [52] © 1968
Brother, Won't You Join in the Line? [1957] [31] © 1963
Browned Off [1940-45] [20] © 1994
Come live with Me [1961] [3] [31] © 1963
Disc of Sun [1967] [3] [5] [11] [28] [52] © 1968
Dove, The [1950s] © 1963
Execution Song [1965] © 1994
Fields of Vietnam, The [1967] © 1968
Five Fingers [1957] © 1963
I used to be a ciwie, chum, as decent as can be (Browned Off) [1940-45] [20] © 1994
I've never been out of Salford town, the place where I was born (The Trafford Road Ballad) [1948] [31] © 1963
L.B.J. Looks After Me [1968] © 1968
Leave Me, Yankee Man, Leave Me [1945-50] © 1978
Let's Pretend [1968] [5] [1] © 1968
Let's pretend: the sky is blue, the sea is always calm [1968] [5] [1] © 1968
Lullabye for the Times [1961] [32] © 1963
Now here's the story of a man of our time (Young Man Of Our Time) [1945-50] © 1994
Now me boys, if you will listen, I'll sing you a little song (The Second Front Song) [1943-1944] © 1978
O brothers, though we're strangers and your land and mine are far apart (Fields of Vietnam, The) [1967] © 1968
O Johnnie, O Johnnie, just listen to what I say (The War Game) [1953] © 1968
On with your shoes, come let me help you, time for school, you mustn't be late (Lullabye For The Times) [1961] [32] © 1963
One morning, one morning, just as daylight was dawning (Execution Song) [1965] © 1994
Our boys are standing tall out there (Tall and Proud) [1970] [5] © 1970
Season of Mists ("Uncle Sam, Vietnam" - page 303: Ewan MacColl Songbook) - written for the Festival of Fools
Seasons of mist and mellow frightfulness ("Uncle Sam, Vietnam" - page 303: Ewan MacColl Songbook) - written for the Festival of Fools
Second Front Song, The [1943-1944] © 1978
Tall and Proud [1970] [5] © 1970
That Bomb Has Got to Go! [1961] © 1963
The dove it is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies (Dove, The) [1950s] © 1963
The wind is so hot and it blows with such fury (The Vandals) [1986] [27] © 1986
There's a geezer they call Dulles, known as "Big Mouth" to his cullies (Big Mouth) [1950s] © 1994
This is no' my ain hoose [1950] © 1968
This world is just a vale of tears and freedom is a snare (L.B.J. Looks After Me) [1968] © 1968
Trafford Road Ballad, The [1948] [31] © 1963
Uncle Sam, Vietnam - page 303: Ewan MacColl Songbook) - written for the Festival of Fools
Vandals, The [1986] [27] © 1986
Want to hear them songbirds singing, want to see the sun as well (Brother won't you join in the line) [1957] [31] © 1963
War Game, The [1953] © 1968
We're marching to Trafalgar Square (That Bomb Has Got to Go!) [1961] © 1963
Yankee Doodle [1967] [22] © 1968
Young Man of Our Time [1945-50] © 1994

19 The Law: freedom of speech, civil rights, rebellion & / or crime [INDEX]

Ballad of Accounting, The [1964] [3] [3A] [11] [22] [54] © 1968
Ballad of Tim Evans, The [1953] [6] [15] [40] © 1968
Bring the Summer Home (Poll Tax Song) [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989
Every second of every minute, every hour of every day (The Media) [1985] [18] [26] © 1984
Every time you pick up a newspaper (Legal, Illegal) [1977] [25] © 1977
Go Down, You Murderers see "The Ballad of Tim Evans"[1953] [6] [15] [40] © 1968
Hard Case [1950s] [6] © 1950s B. Feldman and Co. EMI
Holiday Song [1970] [1] © 1994
In the morning we built the city (Ballad of Accounting, The) [1964] [3] [3A] [11] [22] [54] © 1968
I've done my time in Liverpool (Hard Case) [1950s] [6] © 1950s B. Feldman and Co. EMI
Ivor [1944] © 1960 Belwin-Mills Music
Lag's Song, The [1960] [15] [16] [24] [31] © 1963
Legal Illegal [1977] [25] © 1977
London is beastly in winter (Holiday Song) [1970] [1] © 1994
Mass Trespass 1932 [1932] © 1994
Media, The [1985] [18] [26] © 1984
New Policemen, The [1968] © 1968
Now, my name is Mike, or Mick if you like, and my second name is O'Reilly (Ivor) [1944] © 1960 Belwin-Mills Music
Poll Tax Song, The see "Bring the Summer Home" [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989
Student Edward [1968] [5] © 1968
The Chief Commissioners at the Yard have been in consultation (The New Policeman) [1968] © 1968
The jails are full of reckless boys (Hard Case: Text 2) [1950s] [6] © 1950s B. Feldman and Co. EMI
The King went forth to Normandy (Bring The Summer Home) [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989
Tim Evans see "The Ballad of Tim Evans" [1953] [6] [15] [40] © 1968
Tim Evans was a prisoner fast in his prison cell [1953] [6] [15] [40] © 1968
We are young workers who in search of healthy sport (Mass Trespass) [1932] © 1994
We Don't Want to Live like That! [1968] [22] © 1994
We don't pretend we're perfect but we have endearing features (Nation of Animal Lovers) [1968] [5] [49] © 1968
We've learned to distinguish the hollow men from the rest (we don't want to live like that) [1968] [22] © 1994
When I was a young lad, sometimes I'd wonder (The Lag's Song) [1960] [15] [16] [24] [31] © 1963
Where have you been all the whole day long? (Student Edward) [1968] [5] © 1968

20 People and role models [INDEX]

Ballad of Ho Chi Minh, The [1954] [28] © 1968
Ballad of Jamie Foyers, The see 'Jamie Foyers"
Ballad of New Poland, The [1950s] © 1994
Ballad of the Big Cigars, The [1968] [5] © 1968
Ballad of the Carpenter, The [1954] [31] © 1963
Carpenter, The see "The Ballad of the Carpenter" [1954] [31] © 1963
Companeros, The [1968] [22] © 1968
Far away across the ocean (Ballad of Ho Chi Minh, The) [1954] [28] © 1968
Far distant, far distant lies Foyers the brave (Jamie Foyers) [1937-39] © 1963
Ho Chi Minh see "The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh"[1954] [28] © 1968
Jamie Foyers [1937-39] © 1963
Jesus was a working man (Ballad of the Carpenter, The) [1954] [31] © 1963
Nobody Knew She Was There [1977] [11] [27] [20] [53] © 1977
O, when I was a little boy, that's when the earth was young (St. George's Song) [1964-66] © 1994
St. George's Song [1964-66] © 1994
The good ship Gran-Ma lies at anchor in the harbour (Companeros, The) [1968] [22] © 1968
There's a little sun-drenched island (Ballad of the Big Cigars, The) [1968] [5] © 1968

21 Politics and Society - Britain [INDEX]

'A' is for Aden, where we've got a base (Politician's Alphabet) [1965] © 1968
After the Weekend It's Monday [1966] © 1968
Androids, The [1980] [27] © 1980
At Ascot they're wearing grey toppers (Tatty Underpants) [1970] © 1994
Blast against Blackguards [1977] [25] © 1977
Bring the Summer Home (Poll Tax Song) [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989
Collection of Second-Rate Chancers [1986] © 1986
Come all you argumentative sods who like to chew the rag (The Grocer) [1989] [3A] [30] [54] © 1989
Come all you loyal citizens, a story I will tell (Wonder Boy) [1959] © 1994
Dear Ronald, I love you, you're doggy and sweet (True Love) [1986] [26] © 1994
Don't Be Surprised [1986] [26] © 1986
Dracumag [1985] [3A] [30] © 1985
Economic Miracle, The [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989
Every second of every minute, every hour of every day (The Media) [1985] [18] [26] © 1984
Every time you pick up a newspaper (Legal, Illegal) [1977] [25] © 1977
Father's Song, The [1978] [25] © 1978
Get Rid of It! [1980] [27] © 1980
Green Island see "The Island" [1988] [3A] [30] © 1988
Grocer, The [1989] [3A] [30] [54] © 1989
Hares run free on the Wicklow mountains (Tunnel Tigers, The) [1966] [45] © 1968
Has it ever crossed your mind to ask yourself why Mrs. T. talks funny? (Androids, The) [1980] [27] © 1980
Have you heard of Sir Oswald, the blue-blooded knight (The Leader's A Bleeder) [1943] © 1994
Here's to old Jack [1970] © 1994
Here's to the new boys, the privileged few boys who've sworn to restore Britain's glory! (The New Boys) [1970] © 1994
House-Hungry Blues [1951] [3A] [30] © 1978
I am a roving, sporting blade, they call me Jack of All (Dublin Jack of All Trades) [1966] © 1968
I am a young fellow that's very well known (Rambler from Clare, The) [1966] © 1968
If there's anyone there has a moment to spare and can give undivided attention (Only Doing Their Job) [1984] [18] [26] © 1994
I'm Harold. I'm Georgie. I'm Jim. (Prince Charles's Wage Rise) [1967] © 1994
I'm just a simple modest chap, as anyone can see (No Agents Need Apply) [1960] [32] © 1963
In Praise of Famous Men (and Women) [1980] [27] 275, 290, 291 © 1980
Indeed I Would [1966] © 1968
Lady Dracumag see "Dracumag" [1985] [3A] [30] © 1985
Leader's a Bleeder, The [1943] © 1994
Legal Illegal [1977] [25] © 1977
Let us praise famous men and Attila the Hen (In Praise Of Famous Men And Women) [1980] [27] 275, 290, 291 © 1980
Lullabye for the Times [1961] [32] © 1963
Mass Trespass 1932 [1932] © 1994
Media, The [1985] [18] [26] © 1984
Monday Morning see "After the Weekend It's Monday" [1966] © 1968
Nation of Animal Lovers [1968] [5] [49] © 1968
New Boys, The [1970] © 1994
No Agents Need Apply [1960] [32] © 1963
Now Archer's a true-blue example of Tory initiative and substantial property (Collection of Second-Rate Chancers) [1986] © 1986
Now me boys, if you will listen, I'll sing you a little song (The Second Front Song) [1943-1944] © 1978
On with your shoes, come let me help you, time for school, you mustn't be late (Lullabye For The Times) [1961] [32] © 1963
One morning as I ambled on my customary ramble (Get Rid Of It) [1980] [27] © 1980
Only Doing Their Job [1984] [18] [26] © 1994
Parliamentary Polka [1975] [16] [34A] © 1975
Politician's Alphabet [1965] © 1968
Poll Tax Song, The see "Bring the Summer Home" [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989
Prince Charles's Wage Rise [1967] © 1994
Public Unpublic [1986] [26] © 1986
Rogues' Gallery [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989
Second Front Song, The [1943-1944] © 1978
Ship of State see "Skipper Heath" [1975] © 1994
Skipper Heath [1975] © 1994
Tatty Underpants [1970] © 1994
Ted was playin' on his organ when the miners made their claim (Skipper Heath) [1975] © 1994
Thatcheratoo the Vampire see "Dracumag" [1985] [3A] [30] © 1985
That’s another day gone by, son, close your eyes (Father's Song, The) [1978] [25] © 1978

The King went forth to Normandy (Bring The Summer Home) [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989
There's a bloke in Transylvania who's said to have a mania (Dracumag) [1985] [3A] [30]© 1985
They've privatised oil and the telephone system (Rogues' Gallery) [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989
Tories' March, The [1950s] © 1994
True Love [1986] [26] © 1994
Undone, undone!" the Tories cry, (Tories' March, The) [1950s] © 1994
Unpublic Public see "Public Unpublic" [1986] [26] © 1986
We are young workers who in search of healthy sport (Mass Trespass) [1932] © 1994
We don't pretend we're perfect but we have endearing features (Nation of Animal Lovers) [1968] [5] [49] © 1968
We have always treasured freedom in this country (Blast Against Blackguards) [1977] [25] © 1977
Went to the Housing Committee (House-Hungry Blues) [1951] [3A] [30] © 1978
We're a Nation of Animal Lovers see "Nation of Animal Lovers"
When prices keep on rising and your backs are to the wall (Parliamentary Polka) [1975] [16] [34A] © 1975
When you've fought through all your working days to make the union strong (Don't Be Surprised) [1986] [26] © 1986
Will Red plots never cease? (Tories' March, The) [1950s] © 1994
Wonder Boy [1959] © 1994
You'd never guess, but once upon a time this land of ours (Economic Miracle, The) [1989] [3A] [30] © 1989

22 Politics and Society - USA [INDEX]

All On The American Shore [1954] © 1994
Angela Davis see "Love for Love" [1977] [5] [19] © 1971
Banks They Are Rosy, The [1962] [32] © 1968
Big Mouth [1950s] © 1994
Come all you young sailors, a story I'll tell (All On The American Shore) [1954] © 1994
Come, my darling, we're a union (Love for Love) [1977] [5] [19] © 1971
Dear Ronald, I love you, you're doggy and sweet (True Love) [1986] [26] © 1994
Disc of sun in the belching smoke (Disc of Sun) [1967] [3] [5] [11] [28] [52] © 1968
Execution Song [1965] © 1994
Fields of Vietnam, The [1967] © 1968
Flower People, The [1967] © 1994
Ho Chi Minh see "The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh"[1954] [28] © 1968
I used to be committed, man, switched on as I could be (Flower People, The) [1967] © 1994
L.B.J. Looks After Me [1968] © 1968
Leave me, Yankee man, leave me [1945-50] © 1978
Love for Love [1977] [5] [19] © 1971
Now me boys, if you will listen, I'll sing you a little song (The Second Front Song) [1943-1944] © 1978
O brothers, though we're strangers and your land and mine are far apart (Fields of Vietnam, The) [1967] © 1968
On the banks of the Elbe, my love and I sat down to neck (The Banks They Are Rosy) [1962] [32] © 1968
One morning, one morning, just as daylight was dawning (Execution Song) [1965] © 1994
Our boys are standing tall out there (Tall and Proud) [1970] [5] © 1970
Season of Mists ("Uncle Sam, Vietnam" - page 303: Ewan MacColl Songbook) - written for the Festival of Fools
Second Front Song, The [1943-1944] © 1978
Tall and Proud [1970] [5] © 1970
There's a geezer they call Dulles, known as "Big Mouth" to his cullies (Big Mouth) [1950s] © 1994
This Is No' My Ain Hoose [1950] © 1968
This world is just a vale of tears and freedom is a snare (L.B.J. Looks After Me) [1968] © 1968
True Love [1986] [26] © 1994
Uncle Sam, Vietnam - page 303: Ewan MacColl Songbook) - written for the Festival of Fools
Yankee Doodle came to town (yankee Doodle) [1967] [22] © 1968

23 Politics and Society - other countries [INDEX]

Ballad of Ho Chi Minh, The [1954] [28] © 1968
Ballad of Jamie Foyers, The see 'Jamie Foyers"
Ballad of Sharpeville, The [1960] [41] © 1968
Ballad of Stalin, The © 1992
Ballad of the Big Cigars, The [1968] [5] © 1968
Ballad of the Carpenter, The [1954] [31] © 1963
Carpenter, The see "The Ballad of the Carpenter" [1954] [31] © 1963
Companeros, The [1968] [22] © 1968
Far away across the ocean (Ballad of Ho Chi Minh, The) [1954] [28] © 1968
Far distant, far distant lies Foyers the brave (Jamie Foyers) [1937-39] © 1963
Farewell to the groves of Shillelagh and Shamrock (Farewell to Ireland) [1966] © 1968
Holiday Song [1970] [1] © 1994
I was born in the time of war and trouble (Ballad of New Poland, The) [1950s] © 1994
Jamie Foyers [1937-39] © 1963
Jesus was a working man (Ballad of the Carpenter, The) [1954] [31] © 1963
Joe Stalin was a mighty man, a mighty man was he © 1992
Kingaroy King [1979] © 1979
London is beastly in winter (Holiday Song) [1970] [1] © 1994
Stalinvarosh [1950s] © 1978
The good ship Gran-Ma lies at anchor in the harbour (Companeros, The) [1968] [22] © 1968
There's a little sun-drenched island (Ballad of the Big Cigars, The) [1968] [5] © 1968
We're just a couple of flaming pommie bastards (Kingaroy King) [1979] © 1979

24 Racism and Anti-Apartheid [INDEX]

Ahmed Timol and Matthew Mabelone (Great Conspiracy, The) [1986] [27] [49] © 1968
Black and White [1963] [22] [49] © 1968
Cut-Price Hero [1970] [22] © 1970
Did you hear the wind that came in the night from the Northland? (White Wind, Black Tide) [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978
From the Cape to Southwest Africa (Ballad of Sharpeville, The) [1960] [41] © 1968
Great Conspiracy, The [1986] [27] [49] © 1986
Have you heard of Sir Oswald, the blue-blooded knight (The Leader's A Bleeder) [1943] © 1994
I know a smashin' fella, and his name is Paul (White Tornado) [1969] © 1994
Leader's a Bleeder, The [1943] © 1994
Now pause awhile, my friends, and listen to what I'm going to tell to you (Ten Young Women) [1986] [49] © 1986
Present-day hero—sporting a pinstripe and wearing the regiment's tie (Cut-Price Hero) [1970] [22] © 1970
Sixteenth day of June in the year of seventy-six ('Soweto': see "White Wind, Black Tide") [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978
Soweto see "White Wind, Black Tide" [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978
Ten Young Women and One Young Man [1986] [49] © 1986
The apple's ripe upon the bough, the orange on the tree (Black and White) [1963] [22] [49] © 1968
The warriors came, they overran our land (see "White Wind, Black Tide) [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978
Warriors Came, The (see "White Wind, Black Tide) [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978
Where is your daddy, son? [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978
Where Is Your Daddy, Son? see "White Wind, Black Tide" [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978
White Tornado [1969] © 1994
White Wind see "White Wind, Black Tide" [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978
White Wind, Black Tide [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978
Who are the people, the people of Southern Africa? (see "White Wind, Black Tide) [1978] [25] [49] [55] © 1978

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