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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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,…