Redgum - Rebel Chorus

    

Early Redgum is some of my favorite folk music.
It brings back memories of my impressionable
youth, learning guitar and shocking my conservative
elders. This is a insightful look into this
bands beginning days, only 6 tracks which is a shame.
This set was included on a 2 LP set called
Rebel Chorus -A Concert of Contemporary Political Song.
It was released in 1982 by the Amalgamated Metal Workers
& Shipwrights Union. and ditributed by Larrikin.
Other performers on the Lp were The Larrikins, John Dengate,
Dennis Kevans and Eric Bogle. I haven't any of the other tracks
I'm afraid, so if anyone can help.

Track List
01 HMAS Australia
02 Critique in G
03 Off the hit parade
04 Killing Floor
05 Raggin
06 Beaumont Rag


So this is a rare chance to hear Redgum when they were still babes,
also included is some of the funnest socialist humor you will ever hear.


Like the introduction to Raggin,

"This is why were not on countdown"


Raggin - Redgum

Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin RagginWorking man's, it's a living wage
Workin woman, equal pay
No stinking proverty
when you're creaking with age
Ask for these, and all the bosses say is You're Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Commos to a man
Well if that's being commo
It's commo where we stand

Proud black nation gives a long black shout
Strong black art, Strong black mouth
Two hundred years too long to die
But you spit it all out and the white boss cries
You're Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Commos to a man Well if that's being commo
It's commo where we stand

Sixty hours to kill on that endless line
Sixty hours cause you're the factory swine
Long long weeks and your brain drags down
Long long years and your backbone's gone

It's time for Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin

Sell your guts at the boss' price
He pays cash but you pay for your life
There's women and men standing up to their feet
While the boss pulls a knife and groans through his teeth

You're Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Commos to a man
Well if that's being commo
It's commo where we're
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin raggin red red raggin
Raggin

And the intro to Beaumont Rag,

"We'll have to explain a bit, PAC the school referred to in the
song is Prince Alfred College, its about a 1000 bucks a term
and you send your kid there, you send your boy, cause its too
good for girls"


Beaumont Rag - Redum

I am a wealthy barrister
About 100 bucks a word
I've got a plum stuck in my mouth
I'm really such a
Really such a turd

I attended PAC
I meet a wife at the Prefect's ball
I am the elder Fotheringay
And she was Prentice
She was Prentice - hall

I passed my matriculation
Four Ds and a C
Daddy bought be a Mercedes Benz
And he bought me a law he
Bought me a law degree

I voted for Mal Fraser
Was the decent thing to do
Was a vote against the communists
And I hope that you did
Hope that you did too

I love to read the bulletin and watch the ABC
I love to wear by well-informed opinions constantly
All my friends are professionals from polite society
So come and sing the middle class Liberal
I've got a home in Beaumont Rag with me

I bought a brand new Range Rover
the outback is a lark
I slip it into four-wheel drive
At gates of national
gates of national park

Oh the working class are out of place
when they are on strike
I drive my Jag in circles
Trying to knock them off their
knock them off their bikes

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