Folk Songs About The Second Iraq War
(Dubya Dubya II)

The war started March 19, 2003. On May 1, 2003, President George W. Bush proclaimed "Mission Accomplished" aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.

Neil Young's Living with War Today song site

Kate Power w/Steve Einhorn: Travis John
(covered by Tracy Grammer and by Priscilla Herdman, too)
John Wort Hannam\ Infantryman\ Two-Bit Suit\ Black Hen
Spook Handy\ It's Your War Now, Mrs. Bly\ Whatcha Gonna Do?\ Akashic
Empty Boots\ Carol Williams\ download from carolwilliamssax.com
Ken Waldman\ Soldier's Joy\ As the World Burns\ Self
Tom Paxton\ George W Told the Nation\ MP3 single\ Self
MISSION STREET PROJECT / Deja Vu / Liberty Tree (HudsonHarding)
STEVE EARLE / Rich Man's War / Live at Montreaux 2005 (Eagle)*
ELIZA GILKYSON / Hiway 9 / Land of Milk & Honey (RedHouse)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN / Bring 'em Home / We Shall Overcome-American Land Edition (Columbia)*
Anais Mitchell\ Two Kids\ Hymns for the Exlied\ Waterbug
Janet Bates\ Farewell to You, Army of One\ Another Child
Janet Bates\ A Prisoner of Conscience\ Another Child
Chip Taylor\ Thursday Night Las Vegas Airport\ Unglorious Hallelujah\ EMI
John Flynn\ Dover\ Two Wolves\ Metta Four
John Gorka\ Writing in the Margins\ Writing in the Margins\ Red House
Mark Erelli\ Seeds of Peace\ Hope & Other Casualties\ Signature
Merle Haggard\ America First\ Chicago Wind\ EMI
Merle Haggard\ Where's the Freedom\ Chicago Wind\ EMI

Cakewalk to Baghdad \ COUNTRY JOE BAND \ Single \ self
When the War Is Done \ SI KAHN \ We're Still Here \ Strictly Country
Downtown Baghdad Blues \ BLACK 47 \Breen Suede Shoes \ Gadfly
Oil in the Sand \ FRANK MEYER \ Dagnabit \ Thangmaker
We Speak Peace \ MIRIAM MAKEBA \ Eyes on Tomorrow \ Polydor
Big Blue Ball of War \ NANCI GRIFFITH \ Heart in Mind \ New Door
Read the Lips \ KIM & REGGIE HARRIS \ Rock of Ages \ Appleseed
American Soldier \ JANET BATES \ A Time Has Come \ self
(also rerecorded on a new CD "another child")
Talking Goerge W Bush Blues \ CHARLES HUGHES- BILL MALONE \ Siingle
Cakewalk into Baghbad \ COUNTRY JOE BAND \ Single
When the War Is Over \ SI KAHN \ We're Still Here \ Strictly Country
The Mammals\ The Bush Boys\ Rock That Babe\ Signature
Between Iraq & a Hard Place \ MARK LEVY \ Take Off Your Clothes \ New Clear
Bruce Piephoff\ Twenty Miles to Baghdad\ Good People\ Flyin' Cloud
Eliza Gilkyson / Hiway 9 / Land of Milk and Honey
Operation Iraqi Liberation \ DAVID ROVICS \ Behind the Barricades \ AK Press
War without End \ SUE JEFFERS \ Welcome Home \ FBI

John McCutcheon\ Not In My Name\ The Greatest Story Never Told\ Red House
also from JM:
"Ashcroft's Army"
"Our Flag Was Still There"
"Hail to the Chief"
"Duct Tape"
"Talking Pat & Jerry Blues"
"We Know War"
"The List"

Mark Erelli\ Seeds of Peace
Nanci Griffith\ Big Blue Ball of War
Pat Humphries\ Peace, Salaam, Shalom
Sue Jeffers\ Yelling for War
Martyn Joseph\ The Great American Novel
Si Kahn\ Hard Times
Jez Lowe\ Bloodstained
Deidre McCalla\ If God Only Knew
Larry Murante\ Waging Peace
Jim Page\ Who Are They and Why Do They Hate Us
Tommy Sands\ My Heart Cries For America
Bethany and Peter Yarrow\ Cruel War
Flip Breskin and Zeke Hoskins\ Freedom Toast\ Peace

[gulf war]
Jack Kid - Second Day

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