We Just Come to Work Here

Various Artists COLL01953

We Just Come to Work Here, We Don’t Come to Die is an extraordinary compilation of some of Collector Records’ best-loved artists, who highlight the hazards of working in the industrial world."These songs are dedicated to the 70,000 workers who are killed or permanently disabled on the job each year in the United States," and who better than to sing them but Joe Glazer, Eddie Starr, Larry Penn, and Sweet Honey in the Rock?

Country(s) United States
Culture Group(s) African American; Anglo-American
Keyword(s) Bluegrass music; Folk songs--United States; Folksong revival; Labor unions--Songs and music.; Mining--Songs and music; Railroads--Songs and music; Working class--Songs and music
Instrument(s) Guitar
Language(s) English; Spanish

Year of Recording
Record Label Collector Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced by Joe Glazer

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101	More Than a Paycheck	Sweet Honey in the Rock	3:49
102	Number 21 Mine	Kenny Winfree	2:25
103	Taxi Song	Joe Glazer	3:54
104	Sound Engineering	Bobby Cumberland	2:52
105	Song for Sandhogs	Larry Penn	2:50
106	The Process Man (Chemical Worker's Song)	Magpie	2:44
107	The Right to Know	Joe Glazer	2:49
108	Tell Me Their Names	Eddie Starr	3:47
109	Worker's Memorial Day	Bobby Cumberland	1:32
110	VDT	Tom Juravich	1:56
111	Carpal Tunnel	John O'Connor	2:40
112	Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill	Joe Glazer	2:14
113	100% Cotton Dust	Ngoma Hill	2:45
114	Song for the Unknown Worker	John O'Connor	2:37
115	The Hammer Song	Larry Penn	2:24
116	Coal Tattoo	Laurel Blaydes	4:24
117	Corrido del Minero	Joe Glazer	2:48
118	We Just Come to Work Here, We Don't Come to Die	Anne Feeney	4:51

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