Sing Out, Warning!, Sing Out, Love

A selection of the writings of a legendary folksinger and political activist.

Foreword by Pete Seeger

xiii

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xxi

Chronology

xxiii

Introduction: Lee Hays, American Culture, and the American Left

PART I The Times

[I] The 1930's: Early Years in the South, Awakening to Left-wing Culture, Organizing the Rural Southern Poor

1

(74)

From "The 'Post-humour' Memoirs"

53

(5)

"Wants Communist Poetry"

58

(2)

"Let the Will..."

60

(3)

"The First Zipper Song"

63

(2)

Untitled column on the power of hymn-singing

65

(2)

"The Singing Preacher"

67

(4)

Untitled column on Emma Dusenberry

71

(4)

[II] The 1940's: Beginnings of a Performance Career, New York, the Almanac Singers, People's Songs, the Peekskill Riot, and the Formation of the Weavers

75

(26)

From "The 'Post-humous' Memoirs"

79

(4)

Untitled columns on the history of the Almanac Singers

83

(5)

"A Sermon to Songwriters"

88

(2)

"Walk Along Together"

90

(3)

"The Rankin Tree" 92

"Talking Bilbo"

93

(2)

"Simon McKeever at Peekskill"

95

(5)

"Hold the Line"

100

(1)

[III] The 1950's: The Weavers, Pop Charts to Blacklist

101

(22)

From "The 'Post-humous' Memoirs" 102

"Wasn't That a Time!"

113

(1)

"The Lonesome Traveler" (early draft)

114

(1)

"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (early draft)

115

(1)

On testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee

116

(1)

Excerpts from testimony of August 16, 1955

116

(7)

PART II Cultural Perspectives

[IV] Beginnings of a Folk Music Revival

123

(44)

"The Folk Song Bridge: A Personal Journey"

124

(13)

"Edward, Edward"

137

(6)

"How to Become a Folk Singer"

143

(5)

"Let's Have More Common Sense about Folk Music"

148

(1)

"On Woody"

149

(18)

[V] Some Literary Experiments

167

(52)

"The Incidence of the Word 'Roll' in American Folk Music"

168

(1)

"What c in a Rhyme?"

169

(3)

"On the Banks of the Ohio"

172

(6)

"Banquet and a Half"

178

(5)

"Pour on Water"

183

(5)

"Falling Down, Falling Down"

188

(5)

"Booker Tee and Me"

193

(10)

From "A Patchwork Ballad"

203

(4)

Stage monologues

207

(4)

"The Sweet Little Babe"

211

(1)

'Deadbuggy"

212

(1)

"Only Friends and Lovers Should Wink"

212

(1)

"Guess Who:"

213

(1)

"Elegy" ('Farewell, Little Toe)

214

(1)

"The Grateful Dead"

215

(1)

"All Things but One"

215

(1)

"In Dead Ernest"

216

(1)

"Amicus Curiae" ("To Know Good Will")

217

(2)

Additional Writings by Lee Hays

219

(4)

Selected Bibliography

223

(4)

Discography

227

(2)

Sources and Permissions

229

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