- Lyrics written by
- Joe Hill
- Originally written by
- Henry Sayers
- Publication date
- 1916
- Language
- English
- Adapted from
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Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay (Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E) written by Henry Sayers
- Comments
-
Sayers' melody with rewritten lyrics full of irony in 1914. First published in IWW's Match, 1916, Joe Hill memorial edition their "Little Red Songbook." The first verse:
"I had a job once threshing wheat, worked sixteen hours with hands and feet.
And when the moon was shining bright, they kept me working all the night.
One moonlight night, I hate to tell, I “accidentally” slipped and fell.
My pitchfork went right in between some cog wheels of that thresh-machine." - Licensing
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Song
Versions
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay (Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E) written by Henry Sayers English
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay (Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E) written by Henry Sayers instrumental
Ta-ra-ra Boom de-ay written by Joe Hill English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Ta-ra-ra boom de-ay | Hayati | 1972 | |||
The Wooden Shoe - Ta ra ra boom de ay | John McCutcheon | May 1, 2015 | Medley | ||
Ta-ra-ra boom de-ay | Lucas Stark | October 9, 2015 | |||
Ta-ra-ra boom de-ay | Bucky Halker | 2015 |
Ta ra ra bom ta ra written by Jacob Branting Swedish
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Ta-ra-ra bom ta-ra | Finn Zetterholm | 1969 | First release | ||
Ta ra ra bom där e | Mora Träsk | 1979 | |||
Ta-ra-ra bom ta-ra | Lucas Stark | 2010 | |||
Ta-ra-ra bom ta-ra | Folkteatern | 2014 |
On Terrorism written by Ewert Ljusberg English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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On Terrorism | Ewert Ljusberg | 2008 | First release |
Jo pytt om mornarna written by Emil Norlander Swedish