Joe Hill (song), the Glossary
"Joe Hill", also known as "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night", is a folk song named after labor activist Joe Hill, which was originally written in poem by Alfred Hayes and composed into music by Earl Robinson in 1936.[1]
Table of Contents
31 relations: Alfred Hayes (writer), And did those feet in ancient time, Billy Bragg, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bruce Springsteen, Desert Island Discs, E Street Band, Earl Robinson, Ed Miliband, Folk music, International Workers' Day, Joan Baez, Joe Hill (activist), Knoxville News Sentinel, Labour Party (UK), Luke Kelly, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, One Day at a Time (Joan Baez album), Paul Robeson, Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall, Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs, Phil Ochs, Protest song, Songs of Free Men, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, Florida, The Dubliners, The Guardian, The High Kings, The Internationale (album), Woodstock.
- Joe Hill (activist)
- Paul Robeson songs
- Songs about activists
- Songs written by Earl Robinson
- Trade union songs
Alfred Hayes (writer)
Alfred Hayes (18 April 1911 – 14 August 1985) was an American screenwriter, television writer, novelist, and poet, who worked in Italy as well as the United States.
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And did those feet in ancient time
"And did those feet in ancient time" is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books.
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Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, author and political activist.
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
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E Street Band
The E Street Band is an American rock band that has been the primary backing band for rock musician Bruce Springsteen since 1972.
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Earl Robinson
Earl Hawley Robinson (July 2, 1910 – July 20, 1991) was an American composer, arranger and folk music singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington.
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Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since July 2024.
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
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International Workers' Day
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May, or the first Monday in May.
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Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.
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Joe Hill (activist)
Joe Hill (October 7, 1879 – November 19, 1915), born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund and also known as Joseph Hillström, was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, familiarly called the "Wobblies").
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Knoxville News Sentinel
The Knoxville News Sentinel, also known as Knox News, is a daily newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, owned by the Gannett Company.
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Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
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Luke Kelly
Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland.
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Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
"" is a Christian hymn originally composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist mission school near Johannesburg.
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One Day at a Time (Joan Baez album)
One Day at a Time is the 11th studio album by Joan Baez, released in January 1970.
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Paul Robeson
Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.
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Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall
Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall is a live album by Paul Robeson, released in 1959 on Vanguard Records.
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Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs
Paul Robeson: Favorite Songs is a studio album by Paul Robeson, released on Monitor in 1959.
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Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer).
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Protest song
A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events). Joe Hill (song) and protest song are protest songs.
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Songs of Free Men
Songs of Free Men is a studio album by Paul Robeson, recorded in early 1942 and released on Columbia Masterworks in 1943.
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Tampa Bay Times
The Tampa Bay Times, called the St.
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Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida.
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The Dubliners
The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The High Kings
The High Kings is an Irish folk group formed in Dublin in 2008.
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The Internationale (album)
The Internationale is a 1990 album by Billy Bragg.
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Woodstock
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the town of Woodstock.
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See also
Joe Hill (activist)
- American proletarian poetry movement
- Don't mourn, organize!
- Joe Hill (activist)
- Joe Hill (opera)
- Joe Hill (song)
- Joe Hill Award
- Joe Hill House
- Magnus Olson
- Sugar House Prison (Utah)
Paul Robeson songs
- A Perfect Day (song)
- Ballad for Americans
- Gloomy Sunday
- Go Down Moses
- Joe Hill (song)
- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
- Just Awearyin' for You
- Mighty Lak' a Rose
- Ol' Man River
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- That's Why Darkies Were Born
Songs about activists
- Biko (song)
- George Jackson (song)
- Joe Hill (song)
- John Brown's Body
- Nie wierzcie elektrykom
- Nina Cried Power
- Rosa Parks (song)
- Sister Suffragette
Songs written by Earl Robinson
Trade union songs
- 1913 Massacre
- Arbeter Froyen
- Are They Going to Hang My Papa?
- Big Red Songbook
- Blackleg Miner
- Casey Jones—the Union Scab
- Daloy Politsey
- In Zaltsikn Yam
- Joe Hill (song)
- Little Red Songbook
- Ludlow Massacre (song)
- Mr. Block
- Part of the Union
- Solidarity Forever
- Tates, mames, kinderlekh
- The Popular Wobbly
- The Preacher and the Slave
- The Rebel Girl
- The Tramp (song)
- There Is Power in a Union
- There Is Power in a Union (Billy Bragg song)
- Tie Vapauteen (album)
- Union Maid
- We Work the Black Seam
- Which Side Are You On?
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill_(song)
Also known as I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill, I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night, I Dreamt I Saw Joe Hill, I Saw Joe Hill, Joe Hill song.