Songs of the Working Man and Woman

Your next rally on behalf of downtrodden working people will not be complete without a hearty repertoire of songs about the working man and woman!

The following links go to YouTube renditions of these classics.  Crank it up....and crank up the pressure on our woeful elected officials!

40-Hour Week, Alabama, a rousing sing-along song, the best working man's anthem, in my opinion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38b3RVg7Jpo

We shall not be Moved, various artists, a famous coal miner's song and a 'must' in any union medley; by Pete Seeger:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmkoQXyj_NY

by mavis staples:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbOQhyuKifw

Working Man's Phd, Aaron Tippin, 2009 a good 'un from a contemporary country artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5E34pxzPlQ

The Union Maid, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yuK4m3UzRk&feature=related

The Union label, a tune that is in everyone's head from the institutional commercials from earlier times  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lg4gGk53iY&feature=related   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7VUklDlQw  and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSbmJb8dHMY&feature=related 

16 Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1960  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU

Working 9 til 5, Dolly Parton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKAA2VxWY8

Big Bad John, Jimmy Dean, 1961 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3ErDN50Qk&feature=related

Which Side Are you On? Pete Seeger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAIM02kv0g&feature=related

There is Power in the Union, Utah Phillips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O93YpTYCWRk

There Is Power in a Union, Street Dogs if you want a 'metal' rocking change of pace   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cehLiGxguQI&feature=related

She Works Hard for the Money, Donna Summer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TKQcWEXSKU

Shutting Detroit Down, John Rich  This is a pretty good anthem that hits the right buttons about bailouts and the juxtaposition of regular Americans and wall street;  too bad republican rich does not live by his words  http://heavens-gates.com/usworkers/

Joe Hill, Joan Baez a classic about a man who was killed trying to organize  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f2J4ceCikI

All You Fascists Are Bound to Lose, Woody Guthrie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcKwGS7OSQ&feature=related

Working for a Living, Huey Lewis and the News, 1982  classic Huey Lewis hit, getting the subject out of folk and country genres which dominate working themes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N2CANatVYQ

Working Class Hero, John Lennon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU

Working Man Blues, Merle Haggard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbEstJ98TcM

Six Days on the Road, Dave Dudley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClnFbpbpUOA

Hard Hat and a Hammer, Alan Jackson  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwQ5FKX02kg

You've Got to Stand for Something, Aaron Tippin  not strictly a working song, but it totally fits  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvGASvlhDOk&feature=related 

Truck Driving Man, Buck Owens, George Hamilton IV, 1965, Red Stegall  1976, everybody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nMvKxDFMuo

Work to Do, the Isley Brothers  a little bit of soul  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08tYrBCgXlU

Working in a Coal Mine, Lee Dorsey  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDySfmZlcr0

Taking Care of Business, Bachman-Turner Overdrive working and rocking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIUf8eYPqA

A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD4TAgdS_Xw

Harlan Man, Steve Earle     the Mountain, Steve Earle  Steve Earle is doing a benefit thing for wisconsin workers....these are 2 songs from that.....they are ok, but others are better  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jngBrzeu-4U