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If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi

Various Artists
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi

As a subject, money has always generated great interest. If You Ain't Got the Do Re Mi celebrates the songs and singers whose words express the human side of money: hope or frustration, criticism or humor, desire or avowed disinterest. This compilation from the Smithsonian Folkways archive marks the opening of the Museum of American Finance on New York City’s Wall Street, and lets the voices of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, and other folk music legends ring out their stories of rags and riches. 24-page booklet. 74 minutes.

LYRICS

Lyric transcriptions available here.

Track Listing

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Wall Street Rag Ann Charters 03:51
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102
Empty Pocket Blues Pete Seeger 01:29
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103
Do-Re-Mi Woody Guthrie 02:31
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104
Bill Morgan and His Gal The New Lost City Ramblers 02:55
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105
One Meat Ball Josh White 03:09
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106
Jim Fisk June Lazare 02:51
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107
Gallis Pole Lead Belly 02:44
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108
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Joe Glazer 03:59
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109
Yankee Dollar Lord Invader 02:28
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110
If I Had a Million Dollars Speckled Red 04:25
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111
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Rolf Cahn and Eric Von Schmidt 04:46
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112
If I Lose, I Don't Care The New Lost City Ramblers 02:57
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113
Banks of Marble Pete Seeger 03:13
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114
The Old Arm Chair Gale Huntington 03:36
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115
The Money Rolls In Derek Lamb 01:18
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116
Business Pete Seeger 02:04
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117
If You Lose Your Money Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 02:40
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118
Union Maid Almanac Singers 02:08
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119
Greenback Dollar Kilby Snow 01:45
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120
The Miller and His Sons Horton Barker 03:12
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121
Penny's Farm Pete Seeger 01:47
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122
Billy Grimes the Rover The New Lost City Ramblers 02:28
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123
Ida Mae Joe Glazer 02:20
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124
Last Gold Dollar Bascom Lamar Lunsford 01:15
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125
Black Dog Blues The Stoneman Family 02:10
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126
I Don't Want Your Millions Mister Almanac Singers 02:54
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127
Pretty Boy Floyd Woody Guthrie 03:03