The Hand that holds the bread  progress and protest in the gilded age, songs from the Civil War to the Columbian exposition.  [sound recording] : 

 - New York, NY :  New World Records,  1978. 
 - Recorded anthology of American music .
<br/><br/> "At head of title: Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc."  Recorded through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.  Notes, 8 p., including chronology, "Progress and protest in the gilded age, 1885-83."  Program notes on rear of sleeve. 
<br/><br/>Selected bibliography and discography by William Brooks inside sleeve. 
<br/><br/>The hand that holds the bread (1:25) -- The anti-monopoly war song (2:15) -- The Pacific Railroad (2:15) -- The song of the red man (2:54) -- The future America (1:37) -- Drill, ye tarriers, drill (2:53) -- A laborer you see, and I love liberty (1:03) -- Out of work (2:59) -- Eight hours (2:29) -- The Chinese, the Chinese, you know (1:16) -- Little ah Sid (2:24) -- No Irish need apply (2:35) -- Uncle Sam's farm (2:15) -- Jim Fisk, or he never went back on the poor (3:54) -- Kick him when he's down (1:57) -- We never speak as we pass by (2:49) -- When the girls can vote (1:14) -- The fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man (3:11) -- Ma! Ma! Where's my pa? (4:27) -- Little brown jug (1:26) -- Father's a drunkard, and mother is dead (4:13) -- Crooked whiskey (2:07) -- After the fair (2:44) -- Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay (1:54). 
<br/><br/>Cincinnati's University Singers ; Earl Rivers, director. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular music -- United States -- 1865-1900.--Popular music -- United States -- 1865-1900.--Popular music -- United States -- 1865-1900.<br/>Working class -- Songs and music.--Working class -- Songs and music.