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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown's_Body

I guess I respect some troops a bit

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[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago
[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

Also, did you know that Solidarity Forever uses the tune from John Brown's Body?

A lot of songs use that tune. As Utah Phillips put it: The wobblies liked to steal the hymn tunes because they were pretty, and changed the words so they made more sense.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Love the little stories Utah Phillips tells around his songs

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah, he must've had amazing stage presence.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Lots of union songs also use old time tunes for their melody, too. Like "Union Maid" is a reworked "Redwing"

[-] newacctidk@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

I own a reprint copy of the Little Red Songbook and each song instructs you which existing song to sing to the tune of. Btw great cheap book to buy for anyone interested

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Me too! I got it for my birthday a couple years ago. stalin-approval

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

It'd Glory Glory Hallelujah, folk music ripped off hyms all the time

[-] newacctidk@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Rally Round the Flag is still an all time great song, legit gets me every time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHLj4Pjbldg

btw a LOT of songs use that tune. Getchan recently uploaded a Maoist who wrote a song to the tune calling back to the start of the Cultural Revolution, written during the period of marketization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ0cFXH02nM

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