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The Ballad of October 16

by Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers · from That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement

1996Singer/Songwriter2:49Track 3

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Review by DeShawn Price★★Sample

Everyone in my group chat loves this and I feel like I'm being gaslit.

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Review by Yuki Tanaka★★★★Sample

Took me three listens. By the third, “The Ballad of October 16” had moved in and started paying rent.

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1
Freedom Road
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2:20
2
Talking Sailor (Talking Merchant Marine)
sample avg 3.8 · Woody Guthrie
3:04
3
The Ballad of October 16
sample avg 3.1 · Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers
2:49
4
Billy Boy
sample avg 3.8 · Josh White & The Almanac Singers
2:23
5
Plow Under
sample avg 3.6 · Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers
2:28
6
I'm Gonna Put My Name Down
sample avg 3.9 · Tom Glazer
3:04
7
What are We Waiting On? (What Are We Waiting For?)
sample avg 3.8 · Woody Guthrie
2:10
8
Citizen C.I.O.
sample avg 3.4 · Josh White, Tom Glazer & Union Boys
2:32
9
The Sinking of the Reuben James
sample avg 3.0 · Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie
3:01
10
You Better Get Ready
sample avg 3.5 · Burl Ives & Union Boys
2:33
11
If You Want to Do Your Part
sample avg 3.2 · Lead Belly
2:56
12
Move Into Germany
sample avg 3.0 · Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry & Union Boys
3:01
13
So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (War Version)
sample avg 3.7 · Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie
2:47
14
The Martins and the Coys
sample avg 3.7 · Burl Ives & Union Boys
3:01
15
Hitler Song
sample avg 4.0 · Lead Belly
4:34
16
Sally Don't You Grieve
sample avg 3.6 · Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie
2:26
17
Jimmy Longhi Story
sample avg 3.3 · Vincent "Jimmy" Longhi
6:06
18
When the Yanks Go Marching In
sample avg 3.0 · Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry & Woody Guthrie
2:46
19
Round and Round Hitler's Grave
sample avg 3.5 · Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers
1:10
20
The Fuhrer
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3:11
21
Miss Pavlichenko
sample avg 3.6 · Woody Guthrie
2:31
22
National Defense Blues
sample avg 3.4 · Brownie McGhee, Champion Jack Dupree, Lead Belly & Sonny Terry
3:15
23
Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life)
sample avg 3.9 · Lead Belly
1:48
24
Looking for a Home
sample avg 3.8 · Pete Seeger
3:11
25
Now That It's All Over (He'll Go Back to Selling Shoes)
sample avg 3.5 · Pete Seeger
2:10