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Then hurrah for California, And for the Blue and Gold. (shouted verse, accompanied by percussion instruments) C---A---L---I---F-O-R-N-I-A-CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA CALI-FORRRRRRRRR-NIA! We’ll yell for California, Dear Mother of us all. We’ll fight for California Till the crimson banners fall. And raise the joyful chorus, As her colors we unfold.
The song originally appeared on Struggle, an album of labor songs. It was re-released in 1998 on Hard Travelin', The Asch Recordings, Vol.3 and other albums. The song is about the death of striking copper miners and their families in Calumet, Michigan, on Christmas Eve, 1913, in what is commonly known as the Italian Hall disaster.
"Convoy" is a 1975 novelty song performed by C. W. McCall (a character co-created and voiced by Bill Fries, along with Chip Davis) that became a number-one song on both the country and pop charts in the US and is listed 98th among Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time. [1]
"They are using children between 5 and 10 years old as human shields when there is any action against illegal miners," Teófilo Kukush, president of the Wampís community located in Amazoni
Nimrod Workman (November 5, 1895 – November 26, 1994) was an American folk singer, coal miner and trade unionist.His musical repertoire included traditional English and Scottish ballads passed down through his family, Appalachian folk songs and original compositions.
In a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of Google parent Alphabet, Apple, Dell Technologies, Microsoft and Tesla, rejecting an appeal by former ...
Bruin Warriors, also known as "Sons of Westwood" and "Big C", is a fight song of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The tune comes from Big C, a school fight song for the University of California, Berkeley. The UCLA Bruin Marching Band plays the song as part of their football pregame show as they move into the script UCLA ...
Florence Reece (April 12, 1900 – August 3, 1986) was an American social activist, poet, and folksong writer.She is best known for the song "Which Side Are You On?" which she originally wrote at the age of twelve while her father was out on strike with other coal miners, according to The Penguin Book of American Folk Song by Alan Lomax.