A Song a Day

A Song a Day


Latest Episodes

Song 317: "Las Compañías de Acero"
November 13, 2018

Las compañías de acero cantando a la lucha van su ser se escucha y van a la lucha por la libertad Las compañías de acero cantando a la lucha van Las compañías de acero forjados de acero están ¡Y triunfarán! Los milicianos de acero salvaron al mundo enter

Song 316: "A Complete History of the Soviet Union As Told By A Humble Worker, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris" - Dan Woods
November 12, 2018

To Moscow I came seeking fortune But they’re making me work 'til I’m dead The bourgeoisie have it so easy The Tsar’s putting gold on his bread The people of Moscow are hungry But think what a feast there could be If we could create a socialist state That

Song 315: "Foreign Skies" - The Dreadnoughts
November 12, 2018

We are the men of sweat and steel we are the men the world denies so now we walk abandoned fields beneath these foreign skies We're gonna join the bitter test And though there's some will break and fall There's nothing here but happiness And duty'

Song 314: "When this Bloody War is Over"
November 10, 2018

When this bloody war is over No more soldiering for me When I get my civvy clothes on Oh how happy I will be No more Church parades on Sunday No more putting in for leave How I'll miss the sergeant major How his poor old heart will grieve No more standi

Song 313: "Daughters of the Sun" - The Dreadnoughts
November 10, 2018

we feed the pit men we bury our children we stand at your cauldrons till we are raw and bleeding up to the fortress strike up the chorus the future adores us and the past is fading the ring's under her pillow she's climbing out the window to j

Song 312: "Back Home in Bristol" - The Dreadnoughts
November 08, 2018

bless me father I have sinned bless me if you may by the power of jesus christ You come to me this day I am just a middle farmer's boy Jim wilson is my name and I've been out hard where devil runs I'll never go again well yes I know my duty sir

Song 311: "Mothers Daughters Wives" - Judy Small
November 08, 2018

The first time it was fathers,The last time it was sonsAnd in between your husbandsMarched away with drums and guns.And you never thought to question.You just went on with your lives.Cause all they taught you who to be,Was mothers, daughters, wives.You ca

Song 310: "Zero Visibility" - Rise Against
November 06, 2018

Settling in here for the long haulCan’t hide forever is what they sayIn with the wind, out with a bangMeanwhile nothing has changedWith each word slowly utteredA storm brews in her eyesA missed shot at the buzzardTime, whether wastedOr well-spent, is stil

Song 309: "Letters from Wilfred" - Alan Bell
November 05, 2018

I thank you, my dear mother; your letter came today. I'm pleased to hear you're in good health, for I've much to tell and say. I've enlisted in the army, in the Artist Regiment. I kissed the Bible, swore my oath; your W.E.O.'s content. Yes, I kissed the B

Song 308: "Lo miro al viento y me rio" - Atahualpa Yupanqui
November 04, 2018

Que son muy negras las penas, dicen y dicen cantando. Pa mi que no ha de ser cierto, si fuera, mejor negarlo. Pa mi que no ha de ser cierto, si fuera, mejor negarlo. Yo también sé de pesares, yo también sé de quebrantes. Yo también sé de pesares,