Various Artists: Bloody War--Songs 1924-1939

 

Genre: Country/Folk

 

Classic early American songs about the wages of war. Terrific for use in a “Decades” or American studies project. The titles and the Tompkins Square entry say it all.

Dates: 1924-1939

Playlist:

1. Just as the Sun Went Down - Zeke Morris

2. Bloody War - Jimmy Yates' Boll Weevils

3. Faded Coat of Blue, The

4. Army Mule in No Man's Land

5. Rainbow Division, The - Tom Darby

6. Battleship of Maine, The

7. Long Way to Tipperary

8. Dixie Division

9. Old Vacant Chair, The

10. Johnnie, Get Your Gun

11. Uncle Sam and the Kaiser

12. He Is Coming to Us Dead - Henry Whitter

13. Captain Won't You Let Me Go Home - Jimmie Tarlton/Tom Darby

14. Not a Word of That Be Said

15. Everybody Help the Boys Come Home

Description from Tompkins Square Records