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folk-enjoyer

5 months ago

Song of The Day

"We Shall Be Free" Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry 1940s

"We Shall Be Free" was first written by Lead Belly but is likely based on an older spiritual based on its similarities to other songs like "We Shall Overcome" and "Children We Shall Overcome"

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folk-enjoyer

5 months ago

"I am a changer a constant changer I have to be or die Because whatever stops changing is dead. And I am alive."

-Woody Guthrie from his journal, Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art • Words and Wisdom by Nora Guthrie and Robert Santelli

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historyl3sbian

3 years ago

if y’all don’t respect Billie Holiday, The Andrew’s Sisters, or Judy Garland

And y’all prefer Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby

Get outta here

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