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inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History Of The United States
www.thebushwickbookclubseattle.com
not your run-of-the-mill book club | original music inspired by books

When the right book comes along, sometimes you can "write" a song without having to come up with any lyrics at all (see also my song for Lust)! For Zinn's book I chose to poach my words from primary sources that Zinn quotes in his book. This song uses the text of an anonymous 1847 letter to the Cambridge Chronicle explaining why the writer will not fight in the Mexican-American war. His strident tone reminded me of Woody Guthrie or Phil Ochs, so I wrote a pretty straight-forward folk song to go with his words.

- Levi Fuller

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"Neither have I the least idea of 'joining' you, or in any way assisting the unjust war waging against Mexico. I have no wish to participate in such 'glorious' butcheries of women and children as were displayed in the capture of Monterey, etc. Neither have I any desire to place myself under the dictation of a petty military tyrant, to every caprice of whose will I must yield implicit obedience. No sir-ee! As long as I can work, beg, or go to the poor house, I won't go to Mexico, to be lodged on the damp ground, half starved, half roasted, bitten by mosquitoes and centipedes, stung by scorpions and tarantulas-marched, drilled, and flogged, and then stuck up to be shot at, for eight dollars a month and putrid rations. Well, I won't.. . . "

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The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Seattle, Washington

The Bushwick Book Club is not your run of the mill book club. When we read books, we also want to write songs about them. And when we write songs, we like to perform them for an audience. So we book shows, and invite an audience to read with us!

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