Biography:
Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, Barking, Essex, England, 20 December, 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes.
In 1977, Bragg formed the punk rock/pub rock band Riff Raff, and toured London's pubs and clubs. The band released a series of singles, which did not receive wide exposure. He also worked in Guy Norris Records in Barking.
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Other songs:
- A New England (kingblues)
- Old Clash Fan Fight Song
- To Have And To Have Not
- A Lover Sings
- A New England
- A13 Trunk Road To The Sea
- Accident Waiting To Happen
- Airline To Heaven
- All You Fascists
- At My Window Sad And Lonely
- Bad Penny
- Between The Wars
- Birds And Ships
- Blood Of The Lamb
- Brickbat
- Bugeye Jim
- California Stars
- Chain Of Broken Hearts
- Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
- Days Like These
- Dry Bed
- Eisler On The Go
- Everybody Loves You Babe
- Everywhere
- Feed Of Man
- Full English Brexit
- Greetings To The New Brunette
- Handyman Blues
- Hard Times Of Old England Retold
- Help Save The Youth Of America
- Hesitating Beauty
- Hobos Lullaby
- Honey Im A Big Boy Now
- Hoodoo Voodoo
- I Aint Got Not Home
- I Almost Killed You
- Ideology
- Ingrid Bergman
- It Says Here
- Levi Stubbs Tears
- Life With Lions
- Life With The Lions
- Like Soldiers Do
- Listening To The Wind That Blows
- Little Time Bomb
- Lovers Town Revisited
- Loving You Too Long
- M For Me
- Must I Paint You A Picture
- My Thirty Thousand
- My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- Never Buy The Sun
- Never Cross A Picket Line
- New England
- No One Knows Anyone Anymore
- No Power Without Accountability
- Northern Industrial Town
- Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
- One By One
- Only One
- Ontario Quebec And Me
- Price I Pay
- Raglan Road
- Railroad Bill
- Remember The Mountain Bed
- Richard
- Rotting On Remand
- Rule Nor Reason
- Rumours Of War
- Saturday Boy
- Secret Of The Sea
- Sexuality
- She Came Along To Me
- Shes Got A New Spell
- Sin City
- Sing Their Souls Back Home
- Someday Some Morning Sometime
- Spacerace Is Over
- St Swithins Day
- Stetson Kennedy
- Take Down The Union Jack
- Talking Wag Club Blues
- The Boy Done Good
- The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
- The Home Front
- The Internationale
- The Man In The Iron Mask
- The Only One
- The Passion
- The Price I Pay
- The Price Of Oil
- The Short Answer
- The Unwelcome Guest
- The Warmest Room
- There Is Power In A Union
- There Will Be A Reckoning
- Upfield
- Valentines Day Is Over
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
- Walt Whitmans Niece
- Warmest Room
- Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key
- Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
- Where The Roses Are In Bloom
- Why We Build The Wall
- Wishing The Days Away
- World Turned Upside Down
- You Make Me Brave
- You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
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Words by Woody Guthrie
Music by Billy Bragg and Wilco
From Mermaid Avenue Volume 3
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Paul Robeson, he's the man
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That faced the Ku Klux Klan
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On hollow grove's golfing ground
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His words come sounding
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And all around him there
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To jump and clap and cheer
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I sent the best, the best I had
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My thirty thousand
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The Klansman leader said
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That Paul would lose his head
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When thirty five thousand vets
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Broke up that concert
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But less than four thousand came
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To side with the Klan
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But around Paul's lonesome oak
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My thirty thousand
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A beersoaked brassy band
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Did snortle round the grounds
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Four hundred noblest souls
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Westchester's manhood
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And they looked exactly like
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The fleas on a tiger's back
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Lost fish in the waters of
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My thirty thousand
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When Paul had sung and gone
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And the kids and babies home
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Cops came with guns and clubs
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And they clubbed and beat 'em
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Well, I'd hate to be a cop
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Caught with a bloody stick
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'Cause you can't bash the brains
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Out of thirty thousand
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Each eye you tried to gouge
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Each skull you tried to crack
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Has a thousand, thousand friends
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Around this green grass
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If you furnish the skull someday
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I'll pass out the clubs and guns
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To the billion hands that love
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My thirty thousand
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Each wrinkle on your face
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I know it at a glance
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You cannot run and hide
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Nor duck nor dodge them
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And your carcass and your deeds
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Will fertilize the seeds
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Of the men that stood to guard
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My thirty thousand
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Of the men that stood to guard
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My thirty thousand
Music by Billy Bragg and Wilco
From Mermaid Avenue Volume 3
G
Paul Robeson, he's the man
C
That faced the Ku Klux Klan
G
On hollow grove's golfing ground
D
His words come sounding
G
And all around him there
C
To jump and clap and cheer
G D
I sent the best, the best I had
G
My thirty thousand
G
The Klansman leader said
C
That Paul would lose his head
G
When thirty five thousand vets
D
Broke up that concert
G
But less than four thousand came
C
To side with the Klan
G D
But around Paul's lonesome oak
G
My thirty thousand
G
A beersoaked brassy band
C
Did snortle round the grounds
G
Four hundred noblest souls
D
Westchester's manhood
G
And they looked exactly like
C
The fleas on a tiger's back
G D
Lost fish in the waters of
G
My thirty thousand
G
When Paul had sung and gone
C
And the kids and babies home
G
Cops came with guns and clubs
D
And they clubbed and beat 'em
G
Well, I'd hate to be a cop
C
Caught with a bloody stick
G D
'Cause you can't bash the brains
G
Out of thirty thousand
G
Each eye you tried to gouge
C
Each skull you tried to crack
G
Has a thousand, thousand friends
D
Around this green grass
G
If you furnish the skull someday
C
I'll pass out the clubs and guns
G D
To the billion hands that love
G
My thirty thousand
G
Each wrinkle on your face
C
I know it at a glance
G
You cannot run and hide
G
Nor duck nor dodge them
G
And your carcass and your deeds
C
Will fertilize the seeds
G D
Of the men that stood to guard
G
My thirty thousand
G D
Of the men that stood to guard
G
My thirty thousand
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