Anti-War Folk Songs

Songs for peace. September 21st is the United Nations' World Peace Day.

The Peddler  \  Maria Dunn \ The Peddler (2008) \ Self (Distant Whisper Music)
Tell Her I Was Brave  \  Maria Dunn \ The Peddler (2008) \ Self (Distant Whisper Music)
Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts \ The Queen And The Soldier \ Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts \ Compass
Bob Dylan\ With God On Our Side\ The Times They Are A-Changin'\ Columbia
Jim Page & Artis\ Who Pays for This War\ Folk Punch\ Self
Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer\ Hey Ho\ Flower of Avalon
The Righteous Mothers\ Old Fat Naked Women for Peace\ Best of\ Self
Dick Gaughan\ Waist Deep in the Big Muddy\ Where Have All The Flowers Gone (VA)\ Appleseed
Joel Mabus\ Study War No More\ Golden Willow Tree\ Fossil
Eric Bogle\ And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early\ Let Peace Prevail\ Love & War\ Porcupine
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald\ Peace in Our Time\ Unbroken Chain\ Freewheel
Eva Cassidy\ Imagine\ Imagine\ Blix Street
Eliza Gilkyson\ Peace Call\ Land of Milk and Honey\ Red House
Paul and Eleanore Macdonald\ I've got to know\ Fool's Paradise
John Lennon: I Don’t Want to Be a Soldier (Imagine ­ Apple, 1971)
Dana Lyons\ Circle the World\ Circle the World
Buffy Sainte-Marie/ Universal Soldier
Eric Bogle\ Greenfields of France
Pete Seeger\ Bring Them Home\ Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3\ Appleseed
Tom Lehrer\ Send the Marines
Liberace\ Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
MARTYN JOSEPH/Just Like the Man Said/Whoever it Was.../Appleseed
TOM PACHECO/What We Left Behind/There Was a Time/Appleseed
HOLLY NEAR/The Great Peace March/And Still We Sing/Calico Tracks
THE WEAVERS/Rally 'Round the Flag/This Land is Your Land, Songs of Freedom/Vanguard
Who Would Jesus Bomb? \ DAVID ROVICS \ Behind the Barricades \ AK Press
Jamie Anderson / Faith / A Promise of Light

Kamm & MacDonald -
I've Got to Know - Fool's Paradise
Rebel Son - Fool's Paradise
Josephine - Fool's Paradise
All the Young Boys - Unbroken Chain
Peace Jumpers - Like Water
When You Came Home - Game of Dances
War is Not a Game - single War is Not a Game

from John Sincock:
Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger/ Jarama Valley/ Spain in My Heart collection
Bill Jones/ Blood and Gold - Universal Soldier/ Turn To Me
Bob Dylan/ Masters of War
Bob Dylan/ Only a Pawn on Their Game/ The Times They are a changing
Bob Franke/ The Acid Polka/ The Desert Questions
Bonnie Dobson/ The Morning Dew/ Best of Broadside collection
Carrie Newcomer/ I Heard an Owl/ The Gathering of Spirits
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer/ Peace will Come/ Air Guitar
Chuck Brodsky/ Hands of Victor Jara/ Letters in the Dirt
David Francey/ Flowers of Saskatchewan/ Far End of Summer
Dick Gaughan/ Your Daughters and Your Sons/ Live In Edinburgh
Eileen McGann/ Windigo's Coming/ Journeys
Eliza Gilkyson/ Hiway 9/ Land of Milk and Honey
Eliza Gilkyson/ Riverside/ Lost and Found
Eva Cassidy/ Imagine/ Imagine
Ferron/ Testimony/ Testimony
Fred Small/ No More Vietnams/ Heart of the Appaloosa
Fred Small/ Peace Is/ Heart of the Appaloosa
Fred Starner/ Why do They Hate Us/ Sketches
Guardabarranco/ Noche Nochera/ Spain in My Heart collection
Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert/ No More Genocide/ Lifeline CD reissue
Iris Dement/ There's a Wall in Washington/ The Way I Should
Iris Dement/ Wasteland of the Free/ The Way I Should
Jackson Browne/ Crow on the Cradle/ Folkscene collection vol.3
James Keelaghan/ Fires of Calais/ Then Again
Jim Page/ Collateral Damage/ Collateral Damage
Jim Page/ When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again/ Collateral Damage
Joan Baez with Bob Dylan/ Blowing in the Wind/ Rare Live and Classic
Joan Baez/ Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream/ Rare Live and Classic
John McCutcheon/ Ashcroft's Army/ Hail to the Chief
John McCutcheon/ Hail to the Chief/ Hail to the Chief
John McCutcheon/ Not In My Name/ Greatest Story Never Told
John Prine/ Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore/ John Prine
Johnny Cash/ Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream/ Live at Madison Square Garden
June Tabor/ No Man's Land/ Ashes and Diamonds
Katya Chorover/ War of the Day/ Off the Map
Kris Kristofferson/ Eagle and the Bear/ Third World Warrior
Les Barker/ BushMP/ mp3 from Les at FA conference, also on his web site
Lightning Hopkins/ Please Settle in Vietnam/ Po' Lightning
Michael Stern and Men II Geezers/ Fight No More Forever/ Fight No More Forever
Nanci Griffith/ If I Had a Hammer/ Other Voices, Too
Paul Kamm and Eleanor MacDonald/ I've Got to Know/ Fool's Paradise
Pete Seeger/ Bring Them Home - If You Love Your Uncle Sam/ Seeds, Songs of PS
Pete Seeger/ Where Have all the Flowers Gone/ Link in the Chain
Phil Ochs/ Canons of Christianity/ In Concert
Phil Ochs/ the Men Behind the Guns/ I Aint' Marching Anymore
Phil Ochs/ White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land/ Complete Recordings
Ralph Stanley/ O Death/ O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack
Rosalie Sorrels/ I Cannot Sleep For Thinking of the Children/ No Closing Chord
Roy Bailey/ The Day Before the War/ What You Do With What You've Got
Steve Brooks/ Fever/ Fever
Steve Brooks/ The Terrorists have Won/ Fever
Sweet Honey in the Rock/ By the Waters of Babylon/ Feel Something Drawing me on
The Fugs/ Kill for Peace/ Best of Broadside collection
Tim Eriksen/ I Wish All The Wars Were Over/ Tim Eriksen
The Weavers/ Study War No More/ Reunion
Woody Guthrie/ Sinking of the Reuben James/ Asch Recordings vol.1
Woody Guthrie/ Vigilante Man/ Dust Bowl Ballads

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