The Internationale (album)
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The Internationale is a 1990 mini-album by Billy Bragg, originally released on Bragg's short-lived record label, Utility Records. It is a deliberately political album, consisting mainly of cover versions and rewrites of left-wing protest songs. This is unusual for Bragg: though he is known for his association with left-wing causes, most of his albums carefully balance overtly political songs with social observation and love songs.
The songs on the album are:
- "The Internationale" with new lyrics written by Bragg at the suggestion of Pete Seeger.
- "I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night", based on Earl Robinson's "Joe Hill".
- "The Marching Song of the Covert Batallions", with a tune borrowed from "When Johnny Comes Marching Home".
- "Blake's Jerusalem", which Bragg calls an "attack on the new breed of capitalists Blake saw".
- "Nicaragua Nicaraguita" by Carlos Mejías Godoy.
- "The Red Flag" by James Connolly, set to its original tune, "The White Cockade".
- "My Youngest Son Came Home Today" by Eric Bogle.
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