Girl of Constant Sorrow, by Sarah Ogan Gunning

Girl of Constant Sorrow

by Sarah Ogan Gunning

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1.	I Am a Girl of Constant Sorrow 01:41	buy track
2.	Loving Nancy 01:53	buy track
3.	Old Jack Frost 01:11	buy track
4.	May I Go with You, Johnny 01:52	buy track
5.	The Hand of God on the Wall 02:42	buy track
6.	Down on the Picket Line 01:17	buy track
7.	I Hate the Company Bosses 04:07	buy track
8.	I'm Going to Organize 01:17	buy track
9.	Christ Was a Wayworn Traveler 02:58	buy track
10.	Why Do You Stand There in the Rain? 01:27	buy track
11.	Dreadful Memories 02:27	buy track
12.	Old Southern Town 01:46	buy track
13.	I Have Letters from My Father 04:12	buy track
14.	Captain Devin 01:42	buy track
15.	Gee Whiz, What Have They Done to Me 01:54	buy track
16.	Davy Crockett 01:06	buy track
17.	Battle of Mill Spring 02:19	buy track
18.	Just the Same Today 02:58	buy track
19.	Sally 01:58	buy track
20.	Oh, Death 02:13	buy track

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Sarah Ogen Gunning was a Kentucky folk singer and union supporter at the time of the Harlan County Coal War of the early 1930's. With her sister, Aunt Molly Jackson, Gunning sang songs in support of the push to organize in the midst of strong resistance from company bosses and their privately hired guards. This collection, which presents a mix of unaccompanied labor songs and tales of hardship, was originally recorded by labor folklore authority Archie Green in the early 1960's. The record's first song, "I am A Girl of Constant Sorrow", was first recorded by Alan Lomax in 1937, and is a personal adaptation of the well-known Appalachian Ballad "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow".

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released January 1, 1965

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