| Dear Mr. President | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Almanac Singers |
| Cover: | Dear mr prez.jpg |
| Released: | 1942 |
| Genre: | Folk |
| Label: | Keynote |
| Producer: | Alan Lomax |
| Prev Title: | Songs Of The Lincoln Battalion |
| Prev Year: | 1940 |
Dear Mr. President is a 1942 album by the Almanac Singers.[1]
After the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, in February 1942 the Almanacs went into the studio to record a set of songs supporting the American war effort.[1] This was partly because with American entrance into World War II all American unions adopted a no-strike pledge.[2] Another contributing factor was that, after Hitler invaded the USSR in June 1941, Moscow had reversed its previous anti-intervention stance as expressed in the group's earlier album, Songs for John Doe. This lost the Almanacs a sizeable chunk of their working repertoire.
| Song Title | By | ||
| 1. | Belt Line Girl | Agnes 'Sis' Cunningham | |
| 2. | Dear Mr. President | Pete Seeger | |
| 3. | Deliver the Goods | Seeger, Hawes | |
| 4. | Reuben James | Guthrie, Hays, Lampell | |
| 5. | Round and Round Hitler's Grave | Guthrie, Lampell, Seeger | |
| 6. | Side By Side | Arthur Stern |
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