The Big Red Songbook: 250-Plus IWW Songs
by Utah Phillips
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Author: Utah PhillipsEditor: Archie Green; David Roediger; Franklin Rosemont; Salvatore Salerno
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-01
ISBN: 0882862774
Number of pages: 550
Publisher: Charles H Kerr
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Book Review: Agreed: Disappointed that it wasn't sheet music
Summary: 4 Stars
I was expecting sheet music and was quite disappointed to flip it open and see lyrics only. Some of the songs say, "To the tune of [...]," but not all. A couple of ways to cope with this:
* Since most of these songs' tunes are from the beginning of the 20th century, in many cases the copyrights have expired. For instance, "Union Maid" is to the tune of "Red Wing," and there are copies of the sheet music to "Red Wing" available in JPGs online.
* You can find maybe forty recordings out of these 250 songs at smithsonianglobalsound.org. That website is like the ethnomusicology version of iTunes. If all else fails, you can hear how the tune goes by downloading the tracks for $0.99 apiece.
Fear not, fellow union brothers and sisters; you can still find ways to sing these songs.
One inexplicable thing I'd like to mention is they only number their songs up through song #190 or so, but when you look in the index in the back to find the songs, they are listed by song number and go well into the 270s. I can't tell why they didn't feel comfortable doing an index by page number; it would have made it so much easier to find everything.
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