'C' FOR CONSCRIPTION (PETE SEEGER/MILLARD LAMPELL) (1941)
(Tune: JIMMIE RODGERS, "Blue Yodel -- T For Texas")

THE ALMANAC SINGERS, 1941: WOODY GUTHRIE, LEE HAYS, MILLARD LAMPELL, PETE SEEGER
(left to right)

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As recorded by the ALMANAC SINGERS (PETE SEEGER, solo), coupled with "Washington Breakdown", New York, NY, mid-March 1941, lyrics as reprinted (with minor corrections by Manfred Helfert) in Ronald D. Cohen & Dave Samuelson, liner notes for "Songs for Political Action," Bear Family Records BCD 15720 JL, 1996, p. 84.
ORIGINAL ISSUE: "SONGS FOR JOHN DOE," Almanac 1102-A (Almanac Records Album 102), May 1941; reissued on "Songs for Political Action," Bear Family Records BCD 15720 JL, 1996.

Well, it's 'C' for Consciption
And it's 'C' for Capitol Hill!
Well, it's 'C' for Consciption
And it's 'C' for Capitol Hill!
And it's 'C' for the Congress
That passed that goddamn bill!
[YODEL]

I'd rather be at home,
Even sleeping in a holler log,
I'd rather be here home,
Even sleeping in a holler log.
Than go to the army
Be treated like a dirty dog!
[YODEL]

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