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Wagonload of Monkeys Playlist 294: 16 August 2020 - featuring songs about hard times

This is the playlist for The Wagonload Of Monkeys, hosted by Graham Rice for WJFF, for 16 August 2020 - including songs about hard times.

Summer Lightning - Oliver Knight
From the album: Mysterious Day
A Place Called England - Maggie Holland
From the album: Bones
Harry Stone (Hearts Of Coal) - John Tams
From the album: Unity

Songs about hard times
Singing Through The Hard Times - Kirsty Bromley
From the EP: Sweet Nightingale
Ordinary Man - Christy Moore
From the album: Ordinary Man
Taking On Men - Jez Lowe
From the album: Jack Common's Anthem
Us Poor Fellows - Nic Jones
From the album: The Transports - A Ballad Opera By Peter Bellamy
In These Hard Times – Roy Bailey
From the album: Past Masters
Cotton Mill Colic - Peta Webb
From the album: As Close as Can Be

Recent releases
Craigie Hills - The Haar
From the album: The Haar
Where does it hurt? - Katy Rose Bennett
Single

Theme music The Teatotaler/St. Anne's Reel by De Danann. From the album: The Star Spangled Molly (Erin)
Closing music The Old Wagon Way by Sam Sweeney. From the album: Unearth Repeat

Posted by on 20 August 2020 at 08:30 AM |

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