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I Hear America Singing - Protest Songs

This week on I Hear America Singing, Ross shares American protest songs from the Colonial Days right up to today’s headlines.

Americans have found many subjects to protest about in song and action. Ross Burn's has provided just a few examples in this week's edition of 'I Hear America Singing'.

I HEAR AMERICA SINGING - PROTEST SONGS

1. I Hear America Singing by Bob Gibson
2. The Rich Lady Over the Sea by Keith & Rusty McNeil
3. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier by Suzy Boggus
4. Handsome Johnny by Richie Havens
5. Start the Parade by Bob Gibson
6. Where Have All the Flowers Gone by The Kingston Trio
7. When Will I Get to Be Called a Man by Big Bill Broonzy
8. Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat by Pete Seeger
9. Man in Black by Johnny Cash
10. Deportee by Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
11. Joe Hill by Joan Baez
12. What Did You Learn in School Today by The Chad Mitchell Trio
13. Seabrook is Glowing Tonight by Brownie MacIntosh
14. Power by Peter, Paul, & Mary
15. The Little Mouse by Malvina Reynolds
16. No Kings Here by Tom Paxton & Cathy Fink
17. Streets of Minneapolis by Bruce Sprinsteen

A native of Austin, Texas, Ross grew up in the midst of the Urban Folk Revival of the 1950s and 60s. His first introduction to folk music was the Kingston Trio with their million selling albums. From there, he went forward, backwards and sideways collecting music all along the way. He is a retired librarian and a student of history.