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…
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DEI: Blind Skeleton Style
In response to the U.S. Navy’s recent decision to rename ships originally honoring figures like Harriet Tubman and Harvey Milk, this episode of Three Tune Tuesday—“Erased but Not Forgotten”—features three pre-1925 records that speak louder than silence. With non-English and racially coded titles, La Paloma, The French Trot, and Darktown…
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Billy Murray
We’re celebrating Billy Murray’s May 25 birthday today with an entire episode! Listen and you’ll hear stories about World War 1, the Boston Red Sox, and our new cat! Lyrics Over There Johnnie get your gun, get your gun, get your gun, Take it on the run, on the run,…
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Opera
This week on Three Tune Tuesday, we raise the curtain on a genre often dismissed as dusty and elitist — but trust us, opera’s got bite. We’re diving into arias that hit like pop ballads, thrill like thrillers, and joke like vaudeville. You’ll hear: John McCormack’s tender take on Puccini’s…