Songs about Rich & Poor
This is a page showing ways to find songs about issues of economic justice, wealth, and poverty in our songbooks. Most of these are in chapter called "Rich & Poor" in both songbooks.
Here is a list of songs in the "Rich & Poor" chapter in Rise Up Singing: www.riseupandsing.org/songbook/rise-up-singing/rich-poor
See also the chapters on Work and Struggle.
Here are some songs on this subject in the "City" chapter:
- Bottle of Wine (Tom Paxton)
- Bourgeois Blues (Leadbelly)
- Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl)
- Faucets Are Dripping (Malvina Reynolds)
- Heaven Help Us All (Ronald Miller)
- The MTA Song (Jacqueline Steiner/Bess Hawes)
- My Hometown (Bruce Springsteen_
- Streets of London (Ralph McTell)
Other songs on this subject in Rise Up Singing include:
Here is a list of songs in the "Rich & Poor" chapter in Rise Again: www.riseupandsing.org/songbook/rise-again/rich-poor
See also the chapters on Work and Struggle. Other songs on this subject in Rise Again include:
Some of our favorite songs include:
The Rich Man's House by Anne Feeney