PEOPLE S S on G's Bulletin of Pe Ople 'S Songs Inc., Organi Zed to Create, Promote and Vol

Home , Lee Hays

, PEOPLE S S ON G'S Bulletin of Pe ople 's Songs Inc., organi zed to create, promote and Vol. I, No.2 distribute songs of labor and the· American people. " vM arch 1946 Singing In the News Popular Song Writers Committee Formed

I The press generally has , re Popular songwriters have organized a working comm itte e ported the upsurge of singing in People's S ong s, , with Paul Secon a s secretary . The grou p in meetings~ on picket lines has held several meetings and memberS have written s ong s and in demonstrations. with socd.al themes, and jingles for radio spots. Discussions Soldiers overseas demon have been held on treatments of social problems wh ich wou l d strating in January f ·or speed be acceptablB to the commercial marKet, as well as for t he ing up demobilization were re growing trade union market. A represen tative of the y oiiti ported to have sung the old cal ~ction Committee of CIO has met with the g roup a nd de a rmy song, 'Gee, but I want to scribed the program of PAC for 1946 • . He s tres sed the urge nt g o home' -with new words com . need for new songs dea ling with h ous ing , full em p loymen t, poseq for the occasion. A high high .cost of living, and voters ' reg i s tration. army officer in Japan is said Songwriters wishing to join and work ~ith this group of to have been so irrit~ted by professional writers should write Paul Secon at the na tion a l this song that he threatened office. ' to jail the singers. The recent ' Western Union The National Archive of People's Songs picket line was noted for its constant use of" music via An yone paying regular membership fees to Peop le I s Son g s\ s ound truck. Many actors and can request material from the Archive. singers appeared in STAGE FOR WHAT IT IS: A collection of thousands of orig i nal ACTImr shows.The ll ew York met song.';" and books, folk- songs, new song s of the people , and r opolitan press featured sto historical material. Sample catalog titles: Steel, ~,1 i n er, r ies . of mass singing , on the Textile, Union Heroes, Union Dances, Jailhouse, Lumberjack, picket line and reprinted sev , Farmer. ' eral ver8'eS of songs. WHAT IT DO~S: B~ings together in one library all the Singi~g of the Jefferson n,ew, songs being written for today' s needs; ' makes available Chorus and of stage for 'Action to singers and writers the old and new material; provides a has been noted in the press as source of material for educational programs; for meetings, t hese groups have appeared on performances, etc. n ~erous picket lines. tHAT YOU CAN DO: Send us manuscrlpts of new song s you Philadelphia papers called are writing, to be filed in the Archive, and made availabl& "Union Maid"- the worst worn for use. All copyright and royalty regulations are strictly r ecord in the G'.E. strikers' observed. Send older song's that you have used in the past. collectron o,f union so~gs. The Even if they are out of date, they should be on record. Par wires of the sound system were ticularly needed are copies o f old union 'son gbooks and cut several times, presumably song sheets. Send listing s of material '/Ihich you have but by police. ' .'. cannot r e lease. Irony of our times: "Peat Bog Soldiers", the famous Ger Union Record Companr Established man' concentration camp song, l s now nuniber 1 -on the Be,rlin Union Records, a new record company, has jus t b e en e s IIHit Parade". tablished. Its purpose is stated in an ann ouncement from the cO,mpany: "The basic effort of the American pe ople fr om r evo lutionary days through 'Norld War II has been to keep an d To New Readers preserve the spirit of democracy. Union Recor d s will d ocu- ' Last month, in our first ment thin tradition of democracy as it is expressed in song Bulletin, we outlined our pur and story anq, speeches of statesmen." poses and our reason ,for exis . In keeping with this purpose, Union Rec~rd~ is starting t ence .Due ·to the fine response' out with three a ll?um,s ,Roosevelt 's Inaugural Addres s of ~ we are having this Bulletin first in a series of FDR's broadcasts. Picket Line S ongs, printed by offset. famous union songs sung by the Jefferson Chorus. Scent of We - send out , this call to Magnolias, a satire on southeTn prejudice by Joel Miner . - all union education director~, ~oody Guthrie, Josh White, Peter Se e ge r, ~ ary Lou Wil and to all farmer, labor, and liams" Huddie Leadbetter a-nd other well -known singers will people's organizations; to all be heard frequently on Union Records . poets and songwriters and mu All pressing s are on unbr e a }~ble plastic . sicians; to sing'ers, . perform (Union Records, 119 'Nest 46 St., N.Y. C. 19, N.Y.) ers, and chorus directors: He re are song s of democracy. We believe that sorigs shou~d be concerned with more than II June-m o on-croon " • There is a need for songs, about thinus in ~he world about us, and songs ' '!fe have set up PEO'PLE'S letin grow dusty. Put it into expressing the deepest aspira SONGS. as a national collection the hands of people who like tions bf all people for free point and outlet for this kind to sing s , and have them become dom and equality. :of song. Do not let this BuI- memb ers of PEOPLE'S SONGS. Peoples Songs Copyright, t9d-6, by ' ~b' PL,,' S SONGS Inc. Attention, Songwriters: r'ublished by P E O.PLI~' S Sm!GS, Inc., 130 ":est 42 St., LoY-C. Song writers should begin Pe ter Seeger, Executive Secretary thinking about songs that will Official Organ of P;!;OPLE' S SOl.!GS, Inc. be needed in the fall cam paigns. 'l' empor :1.ry n rganizing committee: Robert Claiborne, Horac'e Gre Writers should visit their ne ll, He rbe rt Haufrecht, Lee Hays, Lydia Infeld, George Le local PAC offices and talk v i ne, S i mon Ra dy, Peter Seeger. with union leaders about plans for the fall campaign. Songs Advi s ory committe e: Saul Aarons, Charlotte Anthony, Edith of general purpose, and songs Alla i r e, Bernie Asbel, Dorothy Baron, Oscar Brand, Agnes which may easily be adapted Cunningham, G. Gabor, Jack Galin, Tom Glazer, Michael Gold, for specific candidates and 'Noody Gu t h rie , Baldwin Hawes, Waldemar Hille, Zilphia Horton local issues should be prepar Bur l Ives , Robert Kates, Paul Kent, Rockwell Kent, Lou ed during the summer, and re Kl e inman , r.a lla r d Lam pe ll, John Leary, 1~ ildred Linsley, Bess cordings made at that time. Lomax , '.'1a lte r Low en fels, Frances Luban~ Jessie Lloyd O!Con IMMEDIATELY NEEDED: Songs nor, Shaema s O' Sh eel, David Reif, Earl Robinson , Bob Rus about Gerald L. K. Smith, the sell, Bett y Ga nder s , Pa ul Secol1, Naomi Spahn, Horman Studer, Freeport murders, the high 'Uke S tra tton, Jos h White , Hy Zaret. cost of living, picket lines, labor unity. Housing for vete Inc or p ora ted Feb. 1 946 under the laws of the State of New rans, the fight against Rankin Yor k by : Peter Seege r, Lee Hays, Robert Claiborne, Horace and Bilbo,Hearst and Pe g ler, Grenell, a nd Herbert Haufrecht. should be put into songs. Not to be neglected are the serious compositions sta ting "l ue s for Ac tiv e Uembers: ~5 per year the people's concern about a <-·u s t a ining Memberships: 'i(25 or more per year tomic power,about labor's role -' rou p ~.i emb e r s hips: 10 or more members of a chorus, dramatic, in the peace, and our concern union , fra terna l or other group may become memb e rs at fl for suffering minority peoples p·e r person. State name of person to receive all c0pies of everywhere. Bu l letin for d i s tribution. Choruses Must Get Together One of the main purposes of Don't Kill the Goose PEOPLE'S 501ms is to provide a central office to which trade Although the memb ership of PEOPLE ' s ~3or:G~, i n cludes many union choruses can a pply for s i ngers , it d oes not operate as an organization of perform- new material. We now send out a ~all to all such choruses to But since no organization dealing with t)1e special' prob help us establish this music lems of singers and writers of progressive songs exists at exchange. What arrangements do present, we feel obligated to call attention to a practice you have which may be used b y i n jurious both to these artists , and to the groupE which other groups? In a subseqL;ent nee d their service :] . issue we will announce the d u Pla nners of meetings or parties take it for granted that et, trio, quartet and choral their budget must include rent, advertising, tickets, and arrangements which have been l ike expenses. They rarely include a fee for entertainment made available. S ing ers can't pay rent with applause. • If t h e labor movement is aware of the importance of songs CHORUS MEMBERSHIPS 90mposed for picket lines and meeting halls, and desires to Ten or more members of tho use t h em , then it is the responsibility of the labor move ruses, unions, fraternal or ment t o he lp support the singers and writers who produce other groups may join PEOPLE' S t h e se s ong s. It is true that very few of these artists ex SONGS with the Group Member- pect to -

Now that the wa r i s, over, established well known during t he war: classical recording companies are rushing to re mUSiC, hot jaz z, Calypso, folk, a nd u c ord n ew material and re-press old mate nique foreign record ing s. (D I SC Record rial which went out of stock when shel i ng Co., 117 West 4 6 s t., N. Y. C. ) lac was hard to get. Small independent outfits a s usual are turn i n g out records Gen eral Records i s t ryi ng t o get of i n terest to memb e r s of PEOPLE' S SONGS. Ea rl Robins on's "S ongs f or Ame ricans" r e - pressed , but i s having troubl e with Keyn ote Records (52 2 5th Av., N. Y .C. ) t h e pressing compan i e s, a s are other announces that within thre,e months they companies. Repor t s a r e tha t one will re prin t the Almanac album, "Talk compa ny r e fused to handl e the Robin !!l8. Un ion"; a nd the f ollow ing numbers: son album b ecau se of the "political nat ure" of the s ongs. (General Rec "Picketline Prrsci l la" , sung by Bea ords , 160 0 Broadwa y , N. Y.C • ) tri ce Y.ay "Horse wi th ~ Un i on label", s ung by Ton?, Kr abe-r-- New c ompani es are having the hard. est t i me o f a ll. Until new pressing 'J oe Hill", sung by Mi chae l Loring f act ori es a r e bui lt, established con c e r ns can charge what they like . One Asch Records are now issuing a new n ew c ompany i s anxi ous to record union label, DISC. Their f i r s t albums continue s ong s but has had to de l ay its program with t he t ype of ma t eri a l t hat made Asch for at least s i x months .

Fifty Cent Butter and Fifty Cent Meat 'No:rds : Almar ~ acs-Young 8 Tune: Trar" itional

1 . Come all you people and listen while I sing, this high cost of livi ng i s a t errible thing. You buy a loaf of breed and some corned beef hash, al l you got lef t i s petty ca sh. Now c;. c~ h~ eh ,\ if?), , ~ t ~ "r t If, ~~ :11 Every. de y y'>u go t1 the store prices hit the cei11nG just a 11 ttle bit mor e : ,", , . ~ , look a t F. ' .( " l, " t;e f'iL \ t .J me, it s only half as long as it used t o be G D' ~ I)}J J J ij J IliJ J Ii J i J ~ ylJ l I (CHORUS) WITH FIFTY CENT BUTTLR ABD FIFTY CENT MEAT, HOiV IN THi: BEL CAN 10 POOR MAN EAT "I

2 . Pow, ever yone ' ll tell you , I worked a l l my life 3. When wintertime comes, there's hell to pay. Supportin' t hree k i ds al~d a lov i r~g wife . Coa l ' s g one up t he same old way. B:' lt I ' m a-gonna t e ll you , I ' m pretty darn si c k ; High er rent, k i ds t o dress , T'lere ' d be tte r be action and it bett e r be quick . . How I ' m g onna do it i s anyb ody ' s guess . ;.! y congressman spenrls his whole darn day Sven t he bugs in the kitchen sink Trying to ki ll my O. P .A . Have gone on stri ke for more food and drink . Go '- na wr ite my congressman somethirg to remember 1.'lell, I b et ter get food , ann clothes to boot ,1e ' el bett"'-'r ,t,art thi n>:inp; of next t:ovember Or I' l l s tar v e t::J dea t h i n my birthday suit! Wi t h flfty c~m butter and fifty c ent meat, '.'I i tl1 f i f t y c ent butter . and fifty cent meat, How in tne hell can a poor man eat? How i n t he hell can a poor man eat?

4 . '!l ow , w'1en you ask the cause of it all , NOTICE: They'll hand you a lie atout six foot tall. They'll cry and scream and tear their hair ,\,os t of the follow ing four About the high cost of being a mi llionai re . t een songs ar'e copyrighted, ann Take a full page ad in the Daily I'ews , may not be reprinted , or ueed To blame it on the strikers , the reds and the Jews . i n any form for profit, with '."ell , I ' m born i n the bushes a nd ralsed i n the woods , out per mi ssi on of the composer But you can 't sell me that bill of goods. or copyright owner. Any commun "lith fifty cent butter and fifty cent meat , ications sent to t hese compos How in the 'lell can a poor man eat? ers care 'of PEOPLE'S S(]"GS will be forwa r ded . . 9 The Scabs Crawl In Words : Anon . Tune : The 'Norms Crawl In

THIS 50r.G 1IJ.f' J NO El' Dn:G. II KEEP ON GO nIG The scabs crawl i n, the scabs crawl out, the Icabs crawl under and all about. 2. They crawl by day, they crawl b y night, They crawl becau st. they ' re a f"'aid to fi gh t This is not a "performance song" but is one o f They cr awl ir. early , they crawl in late, t he very best chants for a bunch of pickets 3 . t o t a ke up when they see some scabs sneaking in They crawl in under the factory gate . or out o f the plant. -3- Homeless Blues Words and music by Paul Kent 10 r,opyri~t 1946 by Paul Kent A po,

blue, I ,ot a giy. iD, blu.,. I lot o .oarch-ing FF I '-:7.triY- ing, It ••••• .0 darn.d .ar ';

liye in, can't .ta,.. o. P. A. .oa. rOD-tal. low, riv- .ing No - wher •• "It 7 tir.t ;rou're ,p.ot • " 'lt a - laln, -

place to .ta;r .1nc. pack-ins boa,·...... ooboa, or .. riY hou.- ing 18 rl~t on bun- 10,- ter t., ... ~1 ain't .0 low

arg•• I' •••ek-ing .~-th1ng ..d- i-am or aaall ell' lars.. ''!he one place that I da7. It I oould ey 7 er 7 tin4 on., w~ I'd ha.,. to -;r, 7 ''fhat kiM ot I dOUSh 18

round, I could-n't

long, I got-ta roUl, Ain't gon-na .ta,. and gr1eye horo, .0 ho.~

Listen. Mister Bilbo Words by Bob and Adrienne Claiborne 11 Tune: Tradltional tti) JI JIB ~i ii· ill IJJ.~n J In ~ff Ip p p Lister., Wister Bilbo. listen to me; I'll give you. le.son in history. Li.ten .hil. I abo. you that the ~ D' & Copyright 1946 by Bob t hp P V J }} Iii J i i V ~I~}}ij !' I· and Adrienne Claiborne. Not to be reprinted foreigner. you hate, are the yery same people mad. America great. wlthout pennisslon. 2.In fourteen-ninety-two, just to see what he could see, Columbus, an Italian, 'looked out across the sea. He sald, Isabella, babe, the world is round, And the U.S.A.' s just a-waiting to be found. 6. Now Bl1bo, you're taking one helluva chance. 3. In s lxteen.-O-nine, on a bright . summer's day, Your good friends, the Du The Ha If Moon set anchor in old New · York Bay. pon ts, came over from France. Henry Hu dson, a Dutchman, took a good look around, said Another thing, I'm 9.lre, "Boys, this ls gonna be one ~clluva town;" will be news to you: The first Mr. Bilbo ' 4.When the King of England started pushing Yankees around was a foreigner, too. They h~d a little trouble up in Boston Town. . There was a brave Negro, Crispus Attucks was the man, Was the first one to fall when the fightlng began. 7. You don't like Negroes, you don't like Jews. (Repeat first verse) If there's anyone you do like, it sure is news. 5.Colin Kelly was the pilot, a-flying down low, You don't like 'Poles, Ital Levin pushed the button th~t let the bomb go. . ians, CatholiCS, too. They sunk the Haruna to the bottom of the sea; Is it any wonder, Bilbo, It was foreigners like these kept America free. that we don't like you? 4- ','/ords by Le e Hays a n d 'N alte r Loewenfels 12 D.D.T. Tun e b a s ed. upon American folk melody

I dreamed I went t o laahington. I took along ~ lit tle apray gun . I filled 1 t up - ~ Q. l) tV'll t l' J lE I1J nJlldHlJflJIJ J J cockroach and it kill. the flea

with the D. D.T . in it

up (Copyrig ht 1946 by Lee Hays and Wa l ter Loewenf"els . t' ot t o be reprinted 'lIit110u t permi s s i on . ) Wh e n tee Hays sin gB t h is, h e u sually adc. s a f e w line s d i re.cted righ t at· the people he ' s s i nei ng for. If its an A . L . P . r ally, for exam2-le, he'll add "'Ne ' v e &.ot t o !"lave more of t he A . L . P .; we ' v e g ot t o have more ralli es like this, " and s o on , fi n i s hing"""With' the b.st l i nelast ' of the song: "And thRt will do • •• • what I d r eam 0d I d id~ • ••• in Washinc ton •••• wi th t h e D. D. T . "

13 Keep That Line A-Moving Wor-:'.s by C:18.rlot t .3 An thon y and Jan ice Trem bke Tur, e : '!'h e Gos pe l '!'ra i n (Get On Board , Li t tle Child ren)

Whee Cha rlotte An thony went down to Si ng on the sound truc k at t he We s t ern Union p i ck0 tli ne, she wa s s truck by a phrase the p icket capta In kept shouting t hrough the, loudspeaker, and she turned it in t o a song . ;'1 ... ~ 1 . The un - i on t rain i& cowing. I hear it clo.e at hand , hear the car wheels mo ~ 1ng and The fare i . cheap and all can go,no co- lor line 1. there, No .e- cond cIa.. a - board th1s train, no 0' j) QJ :b 1 }) Jl A bAJ' fb ~ ~ p ; G 5. ~ 10, ~ rumbling t hrough the land, UEPTIUTLIHI: difference 1n the tare,'.' (CHOBllS . ) UEP TlUT LIlli A.-1I0VING ~-IIOVI N G . . KUP THAT , . t. iJ

LIXi A-MOVING, TBi:Ri:' S BQ()I lOR IU.lJT ~ YOU! 2 . We 've g o t so m= y blist e r s 3 . The uni on i s behi n d u s From wa lki ng up and down . To fi gh t f or b e t ter p'ay . T', e b o s s has g ot SOr!le b l ister s , t oo, We' l l s t ay r ight he r e on the picke t Bu t · just f r om sitting down. ~ i l l t he b oss' s hair i s gray. And why should we be slaVi ng , And t hough he' l i try to break us, ~h ile Egan* only s its And try to ma ke i t t ough, To p lan a comi ng out party If we j u st kee p a s olid line For h i s d a u~h ter at the Ritz ? We' l l su r e l y ca ll h i s blu f f. (r epeat ch'orus ) * Chang e t o s uit y ourse lf (Repeat chorus) :-5- 14 Two Popular Parodies 15 16 Join the Picket Line Today Words: Anthony-Trembke Words by Larry Stewart Worda by Paul Secon Tune: " Alexande r' s Ragtime Tune: "It's B!!en A Long, Long Time Tune: "Dance .1 th A Dolly" Band"

We'll picket once, and picket twice, I've got a date on a p1cke~line Come on along, come on along, And picket once again. On a picketline, on a picket line. Join the picket line tOday. It's been a long, long time. I've got a date on a picket11ne, Come on along, come on along, Haven't had a raise, my friends, Gonna J 01n my buddiee there. Join the strike for higher pay. Sinoe I can't remember when. Pm gorma carry a picket e1gn, And if the .scabs try to break It's been a long, long time. A picket sign, a picket sign. ua All thro~h the war we did our beat, I'm gonna carry a picket sign Here's what we'll ,lay, We kept on giving. And march with my buddies there. "Shame on you, scab, Now we're entitled to a Did you 'work hard today? A decent livirig. So - We're fighting for a raiae in pay, 'Ie'll win a raise the union way" Picket once, and picket twice, A rai.e in pay, a raise in pay. In api te of you." Until we win the fight. And nothing that the bosses say Come on along, come on along, It's been .a long, long time. WUl make us change our !!linds, NO! Join the picket line today (Repeat first six linea) I've got a date on a picketline, Come on along, cOm. on along, They say we're holding up production On a picketline, on a picket line Join the strike for higher pay. On their t.oaaters. I've got a date on a picketline; And when the boss is ~re But if we can't buy bread Come on and join me there. He's' got us licked, What good are toasters? So - We'll still be singing, Picket once, and picket twice, Come on along, come on along, Till G. E. sees the light Join the picket line today! It's been a long, long time. * * * * *

Who Are You With, Your HOIlor? Words by Shaemas O'Sheel 17 Tune: Where Do We Go From Her.e

Who are you with, Your Honorl- I hear the paoille shout. 'You cop. are help1ng rat.a and .cab •• now what'e it all a- 7 c'~ C' F ' ~D C' F C' ~ , SD F C F $bfl1li p r i ly)iJ }IJ j J } Ii 1.1) 1 j J :P I~, r y 13 iJ tid. I bout? We ut lQu in the City Hall,_and •• can pYA. .you ~ut , :c ~~ ;o.~ yo-a nth, Y-our HOMr, and. lI'~~'. it all ~boutl It is sad but true that many a 2.',vho are you with, Your Honor* and who are you with today? politican has been elected with We're s trik i ng for a living wa g e, and a decen t ra te of pay. labor votes, and before the coming Your cops are breaking picke t lines , I hear the ntrikers s'ay of spring has t u rned against the SO, who are you with, your Honor? We want to b , ow todfl.Y. very people that helped elect him. In view of this fact, Shaemas * Use here the name of the specific mayor, or city politiC O'Sheel turned out this little ian, whom you are Singing this to. ditty, into which can be inserted the name of any specific politic- ian you want to sing about.

Poor Old C. E. Wilson_ Words by ~i ck Levins 18 Tune: American folk melody

iJ J .,; Poor old C. E. lIil.on, he can't afford to pay. He hardly get. along on hi. thousand bucks a day. Re- G D r J11 r ~ J -"I ~, * )1 J JlJ ~~ i J )Ir to J )I~. D ~ C.E ••i1.on, the union'. here to .tay! 2 . The forces of reaction 3. They call for cooling off time In halls of Congress ride , And a hundred more delays, * * * * And despe rately they're seeking But NOW the kids are hungry, To stem the union tide. And not in thirty days. This song could be used But clear across the nation So hold your line unflinching espeCially well by either the Twelve million workers say, Until you get your pay. G.E. workers or the G.M. work In spite of t heir in j unctions From Oregon to New ark line ers, depending on whether you The union's here to stay. The union' s here to stay. are singing about Charles "El In spi te of their injunctions From Oregon to Newark l.ine ectriC" Wilson, or Charles "En The union 's here to stay. The union's here to s tay. g ine" Wilson. -6- The thre e s ongs on this pag e deserve special -mention , becaus e they were can pose d on order by we l l lmown son gwriter-s for the CIO-steelworkers. In two week s -time they were composed and record e d , a nd play ed on s oundtrucks on picketlines in Pittsburgh a nd elsewhere. It -shows what can be don e when a specific a s signmen t is laid d own, a nd money with it to carry the project th rough .

19 I WENT DORN TO THE STEEL MILL Word s: Tom Glaze r Tune: s t. J ames Inf irmary I went down to t he s teel mill So I took tha t little old 'pay - chec k An d I sa w my pay check the r e . Down to the g rocery s tore , It was s t re t ched ou t on the b oss' s table Whe r e I bought a little can o f baked b eans So sma l l . so th i n , so bare. And I d i dn 't hav e ! pay-check n o more . I'm·the Guy 20 Wor d s ani mus i c by l:: l e anor Young . 8' r I ~ ,~)£) , :rke in the from yes. I'm the guy. make. all the ~oke in the Pittsburgh ek7. mil~ 8T Ir r r' b Iiii 1,lh_J! J pi J J J. au. n to au.n . making steel for everyone. My ateel built the Impire iltate the paring knife and th& f1 l' Obi I J' p~ J. 11[,;'8 JI G r r r ~ Its J, rord V-Eight. Ain't 1t a ahame I got to 8ay ••• man can't live. on ~ take hOIllll p.y. " 2 . I ' m the f UY, ye s , I' m the r u y , 3. I'm a peac e fu l guy , j ust an or dinary guy , Earn s a Vla E' e y ou could ':JU t i n your eye. I t a'1n 't fur coat s t ha t I want to buy . And ev ery time they ra i ~e a pr ice , But I 've neve r seen t he f e l l ow yet my pa ycheck me lts like a cube o f ice . Could ra i se f our k i ds on wha t I g e t. Yes , when i t comes to the ol d pay rol l I don ' t wa n t t o live l i ke a milli on aire , I ' m low man on the totem po l e , Al l I vl a n t' s a n American share , An d t hat' s why you ' l l hear me sa y, A,'d t hat' s why you ' ll hear me s a y, "A ma n ca n 't live on my take-hom e pay. " "A mar can ' t live on .my t a l ~e - h ome pay ."

Money In the Pocket 21 Wo r d s by Bob Russell r.lu s i c by Carl S i g man EP ~ . err ~ fi~ EP ~,» H ~ J )1 J ;II ]lq~J. 1J JI )~J! J ~I J Jl pJ I~Jl tI ]I p 11 r M Money in the PQcket is f ood on the table food on tha tabla i8 caah in the till. When the t11l i8 loaded ~ H~t;)rsb P# J A)~)ij piNhiJ )\j ) ~~'J. 11,' .... ' " .b1. ~~ flU u p ' '''' '='''~~bo .... ,. ",fill...... 1. '~,..'''''' ~. b:4P.... , ••

~ merican life . From the worker t o t he merchant , the dollar teke8 a businea8 trip. Then off to the farmer, to 'iF ~ J~ r ~(;iH§;!i\hJ!lP~ff IShU J J!I~ J! i;lJZJ. buy new equipment, and back to the worker in a 8alary allp. Everybody proapera, the butcher, the grocer, ,,1 :e ~5 J II J IfJ p j lijf ~ IfJ ~ j r J!I~' p ~ ;111: great 18 the country, and fina 18 the ~e nd . loIu.et t here be depr• • a1on1 The an ..er is "110, Sir!"

~_a~~~r~iJ~~~J~~§J~I1~. ~~~;~~~~~~~J~~~~~fi~~~~p~p~""~r~~~II~~~~~ ~ ~~.y ~;g~! ~~~~ i~~e~o~ i ~~~~ ~ l~e ~f s ~~~;; • S1gman . Money in the pocket ie money to spend! -7- CroSs Country Correspondence Foilowing are excerpts from letters received in response to the first Bul ~etin of PEOPLE'S SONGS. MASSACHUSETTS ••• "Anything we· can do for you will be an extreme pleasure. Please accept. our gratitude for your suggeGtions and great help to morale." CALIFORNIA •••• "Your. pew organization sounds wonderful. Naturally and logically and with great emphasis, I am for 1t. I too feel strongly that pro duct10n should be the1mportant thing, production of new songs and musical ideas, revival of old labor and people's soogs·with changes of words, new 'lyrics, etc. " CALIFORNIA •••• "1 have been working on the organization of a Youth Theatre, composed of over a hundred teen age young people of Negro, Mexican, Jewish. back grounds. Last summer we put on a musical revue, on the theme of inter-cultural uni ty, called "Hello, Neighbor, Hello". This year we will do another revue, but the content will be a l1ttle broader - it will include a variety of problems that these kids are facing - unemployment, discrimination and housing. But we are short of good materials, particularly good songs, simple enough for our kids to sing, but with a point of view ••• The only reactionary they are really conscious of is Gerald L. K. Smith. Police brutality' is one of the biggest is sues, since we have a semi-Fascist group ' of po11ee who are carrylng on a cam paign to terrlfy the kids of minority groups •• " NEW YOR CITY. ."Enclosed is $5. for a membership. Since I have been collect ing union and people's songs for several years, I am very interested in your project. I shall call it to the attention of my union and my ALP club •• "

ARYANSAS • • • •• "Got up to sing at union meeting ~riday week ago and thought the roof would blow off. But we knew only the one song, ''We shall not be Moved" and we sang the Jesus verses of it along with the unlon verses and then we sang both over agaln, and sang lt on the way home. I would 11ke to know where to get more of those old time union hymns we used to sing. Send me word •• " CALIFOP..NIA •••• "The song, 'The Rankin Tree', cute as lt ls, does not tell much about the man himself except that you don't 11ke him. It is important for the people to understand, wi thin the swell folk style set up, some oT the things he has done and why he should be cut down, and why there should be great re jOicing when he does get cut down, i.e., poll tax, clev~r use of anti-Semltism, anti-Negro and anti-red statements, etc. Get me?" ••• (A later letter from the s·ame correspondent also discusses 'The Rankin :t'ree', as follows.) . ' •• "Just a note to let you know that I sang 'The Rankin Tree' for a meeting of six thousand recently where it was, I must say, quite successful. •• "

FLORIDA • •• • ."Enclosed is $5 for a membership and a little more as a con tribution. The work is swell! •• " W' ordsheets Available

30ngs on this list of mimeographed picketline wordsheets ." m are for sale at 5~ a copy. Pending publication of full music 0 arrangements, these sheets provide only the words. Order' by ." r- number. ...0 1. Scab Song • • • • • • • • • • • Anonymous ~ ~ m VI 2. Union 11aid • • • • • • • • • Almanacs ....'" VI 3. I've Got a Date on a Picketline Paul Secon •t;' 0 4. We'll Keep Marching ••••• Oscar Brand ... z 5. I'm A-looking for a Home Bernie Asbel !!I (j) m VI 6. Hold the ' Fort • • • • • ••• English Transport Workers !!I'" - 7. Put on your old Union Button • • • • • Anonymous 8. Casey Jones (Union version) Joe Hill "n 9. Roll the Union On • New Era Schools 10. Solidarity Forever Ralph Chaplin 11. Song of the Pennies Henry Foner 12. Join the Picketline Today • C. Anthony - J. Trembke 13. Keep that q.ne A-moving •• C. Anthony- J. Trembke 14. Get Thee Behind Me, Satan en • • •• Almanacs n• 15. Listen, Mr. Bilbo • • • •• Bob and Adrienne Claiborne 16. D. D. T. . • . •.•.••.•.•. Lowenfels and Hays 17. They're Marching for You •••• • • • Bernie Asbel 18. Mississippi Sweetheart •••• Hays and Lowenfels 19. That's for You •••• .••• Larry stewart 20. Picket Once and Picket Twice • • •• Larry Stewart 25. UE version of Casey Jones • • • • Hill and others 26. Poor Old C.E. Wilson ••••• • • • • Dick Levin -8-