If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle

by Pete Seeger

If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1998-01-01
  • Label: Smithsonian Folkways
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:36
  • Community rating: 4/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of Pete Seeger's recordings themed on hope and struggle, drawn from his Folkways catalogue. Banjo led folk songs and labour anthems present Seeger as both performer and lifelong activist archivist of American song.

Genres

Descriptors: socialism, political, protest, conscious, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. If I Had A Hammer (1:52)
  2. Banks Of Marble (3:12)
  3. Which Side Are You On? (2:06)
  4. Casey Jones (The Union Scab) (1:54)
  5. Talking Union (3:01)
  6. Joe Hill (2:29)
  7. Union Maid (2:12)
  8. Step By Step (1:33)
  9. Solidarity Forever (2:51)
  10. Where Have All The Flowers Gone (2:01)
  11. Talking Atom (2:25)
  12. Crow On The Cradle (2:21)
  13. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream (2:27)
  14. Study War No More (3:09)
  15. Bourgeois Blues (2:03)
  16. River Of My People (3:03)
  17. Hold On (Hand On The Plow) (3:16)
  18. We Shall Overcome (4:38)
  19. He Lies In The American Land (1:57)
  20. Well May The World Go (2:38)
  21. Turn, Turn, Turn (2:43)
  22. Tomorrow Is A Highway (3:28)
  23. Oh, Had I A Golden Thread (3:26)
  24. We'll All Be A-Doubling (1:53)
  25. Arrange And Rearrange (4:48)
  26. If I Had A Hammer (2:10)

Credits

  • Jeff Place - other [archival assistance]
  • John Odum - research [research assistance]
  • Amy Horowitz - supervised by [production]
  • Anthony Seeger - supervised by [production]
  • Pete Reiniger - supervised by [sound]
  • Lee Hays - words by, written-by
  • Waldemar Hille - arranged by, adapted by
  • David Welsh - music by, words by [additional words]

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