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MacCOLL, Ewan + PARKER, Charles + SEEGER, Peggy

#1 The Ballad Of John Axon (A Radio-Ballad About The Railwaymen Of England) (1958 ~ Topic ~ TSCD-801 ~ 1 CD)

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John Axon Was A Railway Man... / It Was 4 A.M. That Saturday... / The Iron Road Is A Hard Road... / It Doesn't Matter Where You Come From... / The Rain Was Gently Falling... / Come All You British Loco Men... / The Repair Was Done... / I May Be A Wage Slave On Monday... / Come All You Young Maidens... / Steam Train, Steam Train... / Under The Large Injector Steam-Valve... / The Engine Had Reached The Distant Signal... / On The 3rd Of May 1957...

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#2 Songs Of A Road (A Radio-Ballad About The Building Of The M1) (1959 ~ Topic ~ TSCD-802 ~ 1 CD)

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Introduction / We Usually Finish The Shift In The Pub... / I Think It's The Soil / We Are The Consulting Engineers / We Were In A Great Rush When We Did This / My Name Is / During That Time, A Survey Has Been Made / It Would Take Quite A Lot Of Men To Do The Job Of One Of Those / Come All You Gallant Drivers / I'm A Roving Rambler... / Deep And Straight And Low / Sixty Tons Of Steel / What Made You Come Into This Game? / Just A Road / Oh Well That's Just The Way It Is / When The Muck Has All Been Shifted / Bring Up Your Black Squad / Been On The Road So Long / You Can Talk About Your Concrete / The Motorway Is On The Final Lap / We Needed A Way Cut Through The Land

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#3 Singing The Fishing (A Radio-Ballad About Britain's Herring Fishing Communities) (1960 ~ Topic ~ TSCD-803 ~ 1 CD)

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Up Jumped The Herring The King Of The Sea / Come All You Gallant Fishermen... / It's Up With The Dawn... / Years Ago, You Started Very Young... / I Started To Go To Sea In 1892... / So It's Off With A Boiler Full Of Steam... / When The Wind Is Freshening... / What Shall It Profit A Fisherman... / It's Busk Ye, My Lads, Get You Up On The Deck... / There's No Feeling Like Coming Into Harbour... / Came A'ye Fisher Lassies / Up Jumped The Herring... / Cwa, Ye Herring Fishermen... / A' The Week Your Man's Away... / Wi' Our Nets And Gear... / Our Ships Are Small

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#4 The Big Hewer (A Radio-Ballad About Britain's Coal Miners) (1961 ~ Topic ~ TSCD-804 ~ 1 CD)

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When You Hew A Lump Of Coal / Out Of The Dirt And Darkness I Was Born / Schooldays Over, Come On Then, John / Now Don't Be Late / You're At The Pit Bank / Oh Dear, The Experience To Go Down In The Pit / When I Am Down In The Pit / So Now You Know The Coal How It Is Got / Jimmy, Come Back, Come Back / Yes...He Was Working Next To Me / And Yet It's Good To Come From The Pit / Three Hundred Years I Hewed At The Coal By Hand / Down In The Dark / In Durham And Northumberland, I'm Sorry For To Say / A Miner Has To Possess That Sense Of Humor / Coal Is A Thing That's Cost Life To Get / Today, Safety Is The Prime Factor / Deep Down In A Man's Heart

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#5 The Body Blow (A Radio-Ballad About The Psychology Of Pain) (1962 ~ Topic ~ TSCD-805 ~ 1 CD)

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Introduction / What Day Did The World Stop Moving? / Do You Recall How You Climbed The Mountains? / Can't Breathe / I Often Think Back... / The World Is A Bed... / I Wasn't Afraid While I Was In The Lung... / Well, First Of All... Appreciate The Situation / While There's Life, There's Hope... / It's Goodbye Now... / How Can I Do All The Small Things? / Stronger Than Pain Is The Human Will To Survive... / The Hidden Foe

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#6 On The Edge (A Radio-Ballad About Teenagers In England & Scotland) (1963 ~ Topic ~ TSCD-806 ~ 1 CD)

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I've Always Kept A Diary / A Tale Of The Children Of A Troubled World / What Is It Like, The World Outside / I Find It Very Difficult To Talk To My Parents / Where Is The Child Who Would Climb On My Knees / Yes Sir, No Sir, Goodbye / What Have You Got To Worry About? / I Got Me Tight Black Jeans / The World That I Know, It Has Vanished And Gone / I've Had Thoughts / Why Should You Be Lonely / It Actually Gives Me A Thrill / Frankly, The Idea Of Intercourse And Sex Revolts Me / I Think We Should Be Getting Married / In A World Like This, Everything Changes So Rapidly / The Tale Of The Children Of A Troubled World / Life Has Got Everything To Offer

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#7 The Fight Game (A Radio-Ballad About Boxers) (1963 ~ Topic ~ TSCD-807 ~ 1 CD)

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'Twas In Tierra Del Fuego In South Amerikay / There's A Game Some Call The Fight Game / Boxing, To Me, Is The Greatest Character Builder In The World / Come All You Gallant Fighting Men / Come On Johnny, And Put 'Em Up Johnny / When You're A Fighter, You're Different / Then Come On, Strip Off Young Johnny Boy / I Like All My Bovers To Be Perfect Skipper / When You're Training / There's Such A Helluva Lot Of Work To Be Done / The Programme Is Set Up / Who Would Have A Boxer For A Husband / You Get To The Hall / On My Right, The Champion, Johnny Boy / What'll We Do With The Man In The Ring? / Johnny, Johnny, You Failed Us / I Don't Think You Can Call Boxing A Sport

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#8 The Travelling People (A Radio-Ballad About Britain's Nomadic People) (1964 ~ Topic ~ TSCD-808 ~ 1 CD)

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My Mother Said I Never Should / I Am Tired Of Always Having To Shift / Born In The Middle Of The Afternoon / If You Took A Traveller / Don't I Wish The Old Times Would Come Back Again / I Like To Settle In The Wintertime / We Never Did Travel Much In The Wintertime / The Auld Ways Are Changing / These Days Have Gone / I Mean, We're Fed Up With Gypsies Living In Our Area / People Get The Impression, O These Gypsies, They're Rogues / They Can't Read Or Write / Bloody Isn't It / Can't See No Way Out

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