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The Little Red Songbook (1909), also known as I.W.W. Songs or Songs of the Industrial Workers of the World, subtitled (in some editions) Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent, is a compilation of tunes, hymns, and songs used by the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) to help build morale, promote solidarity, and lift the spirits of the working-class during the Labor Movement.
"The Popular Wobbly" first appeared in the 1920 edition of the Little Red Songbook published by the Industrial Workers of the World. [1] Its title referred to the "Wobbly" nickname that was often given to IWW members. [3] The song was revived during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
The name of the album is taken from an early edition of the Little Red Songbook published by a committee of Spokane, Washington locals of the Industrial Workers of the World in 1909, [5] [6] which included songs by Sweden-born IWW activist Joe Hill.
The Little Red Songbook is the twelfth studio album by Scottish musician Momus, released by Le Grand Magistery in 1998. Momus describes the album's style as part of his " analog baroque " phase: "an odd blend of classicism and kitschy futurism."
"There Is Power in a Union" was first published in the Little Red Songbook in 1913, and has been recorded several times. Billy Bragg reused the title for his 1986 song "There Is Power in a Union" on the Talking with the Taxman About Poetry album, [2] which is set to the tune of "Battle Cry of Freedom". [3]
[1]: 287 The song was published in the Little Red Songbook of the Industrial Workers of the World, and as sheet music in 1915. It is said that Hill wrote the song for IWW orator Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, [2] claimed and proven by Gurley Flynn herself in her memoir. [3] (It has also been claimed that it was inspired Katie Phar and Agnes Fair.
The song was published in the Little Red Songbook in 1912. [3] The song was included in a 2006 album of American folk songs "Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways" released by the Smithsonian Institution. [4]
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