Valeriano Orobón Fernández (1901-1936) was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist theoretician, trade-union activist, translator and poet, who wrote the lyrics of the revolutionary song A Las Barricadas. Born in Cistérniga, Valladolid Province, Orobón was active in labour movement struggles from an early age. An intellectual with a facility for languages, he translated the biography of the well-known […]
Joseph Mohr
Josephus Franciscus Mohr, sometimes spelled Josef (11 December 1792 – 4 December 1848) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and writer, who wrote the words to the Christmas carol “Silent Night.” Early life and education Mohr was born in Salzburg on 11 December 1792, to an unmarried embroiderer, Anna Schoiberin, and Franz Mohr, a mercenary […]
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, and was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. Petty […]
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young OC OM[4][5] (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist. After embarking on a music career in the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others. Since his early solo albums and those with his backing band Crazy Horse, Young has […]
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author and visual artist. Widely regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture for more than 50 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such […]
Rogues in a Nation
(2 (3) -3 (-4) 3 2) -3 (-4 4 -3 3 2 1) Fareweel to a’ our Scottish fame, (-1 2 -2 2 -1) 1 -1 (2 3) -3 (3) 2 Fareweel our ancient glory! (2 (3) -3 (-4) 3 2) -3 (-4 4 -3 3 2 1) Fareweel ev’n to the Scottish name. (-1 […]
Such a Parcel of Rogues
Lyrics are from a Robert Burns poem, tabbed to the Dubliners version of the song. INTRO 7 -8 8 9 -8 8 7 -7 -6 6 5 -4 4 7 -7 -6 6 5 -4 4 -4 5 6 -6 6 5 FIRST VERSE 6 -6 -7 6 5 -6 -7 7 -6 6 5 […]
A Nation Once Again
by Thomas Osborne Davis 6 6 (6) (7)7 (7) 7 8 8 (8) 7 When boyhood’s fire was in my blood (7) (6) (8) 7(7)(6)(7) (8) 7 I read of ancient freemen, 6 6 (6)(7) 7 (7) 7 8 (8) 7 For Greece and Rome who bravely stood, (7) (6) (8) 7(7) (6)(7) (6) 6 […]