Folk Songs About Lawyers

Lawyers, attorneys, solicitors, barristers, judges

Woody Guthrie\ Philadelphia Lawyer\ This Land is Your Land\ Smithsonian/Folkways
(covered by many artists: Arlo Guthrie, J.D. Crowe, Willie Nelson, Rose Maddox, etc.)
Chuck Brodsky\ Talk to My Lawyer\ Letters in the Dirt\ Red House
Tom Paxton\ One Million Lawyers\ Live From Mountain Stage\ Blue Plate
Geoff Berner - My dad's a lawyer - Light Enough to Travel EP - CDN
Raybon, Marty - Take Jesus as Your Lawyer (Synchoro CD) The Gospel in Black and White
Bob Dylan - Outlaw Blues
Dave Frishberg's My Attorney Bernie is a hoot. (also covered by Pat Donohue)
District Attorney Blues by Bukka White
bukka white-district attorney blues - bottle neck blues wizards-primo

[judges]
Bob Dylan\ Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts, from "Blood on the Tracks" 
Bob Dylan\ Percy's Song
Bob Dylan\ Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Peggy Seeger: Judge's Chair (3:57) "An Odd Collection" Philo CD 4031
Malvina Reynolds: The Judge Said (Ear to The Ground), Smithsonian Folkways

Also check out Lawrence Savell at LawTunes.com.

Additional song suggestions? Email Richard Gillmann


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