This week on Three Tune Tuesday, we turn our ear to the outsiders — the wanderers, the exiled, and the forgotten. From a lonesome American drifter to a Siberian prisoner and a mother mourning her lost son, these early recordings echo with the voices of those who don’t quite…
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Rebellious Laughter
Lyrics I Love Me (I’m Wild About Myself) Oh, You’re the one I care for You are the one and therefore I know you care for me When people write their songs of love They write of one another It’s always sis or mom or pa Or even one lone…
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Worker’s Songs
This week on Three Tune Tuesday, we’re rolling up our sleeves and diving into songs of sweat, steel, and solidarity. From the pounding drills of Irish railroad workers, to the rousing toasts of weary students, to the thunderous celebration at the forge, these tunes remind us that hard work is…
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Freedom, eh?
Lyrics The Canadian Guns Open out, open out, duggle through the dark. Oh, you Canadian boys, you hear the bullet sing. Ready with the bayonets and steady on the mark. We’re up against no simple sort of thing. Oh, it’s hell at loose and ticking, and it’s paradise for mines….
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Songs that were Co-opted
This week on Three Tune Tuesday: songs that changed sides. From “Yankee Doodle” to “Swing Low” to “Battle Cry of Freedom,” we explore how tunes get twisted, repurposed, and reborn with new meanings—sometimes in ways their creators never imagined. Lyrics Yankee Doodle (the original lyrics) The Farmer and his Son’s…