- Tom Paxton( Thomas Richard Paxton )【 118 songs in total 】
- Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is noteworthy as a music educator as well as an advocate for folk singers to combine traditional songs with new compositions.
Paxton's songs have been widely covered, including modern standards such as 'The Last Thing on My Mind', 'Bottle of Wine', 'Whose Garden Was This', 'The Marvelous Toy', and 'Ramblin' Boy'. Paxton's songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Seekers, Marianne Faithfull, The Kingston Trio, the Chad Mitchell Trio, John Denver, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, Willie Nelson, Flatt & Scruggs, The Move, The Fireballs, and many others (see covers). He has performed thousands of concerts around the world.[citation needed]
Paxton's songs can be emotionally effective and cover a wide range of topics, from the serious and profound to the lighthearted and comical. 'What Did You Learn in School Today?' mocks the way children are often taught nationalism and a subservience to authority. 'Jimmy Newman' is the story of a dying soldier and 'My Son John' is a song about a soldier who comes back home and cannot even begin to describe what he has been through. 'Beau John' is a song derived from the Civil Rights Movement about taking a stand against racial injustice. 'A Thousand Years' tells the tale of Neo-Nazi uprising, and 'Train for Auschwitz' is about the Holocaust. 'On the Road from Srebrenica' is about Bosnian Muslims who were killed in a 1995 massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 'The Bravest' is a song about the firefighters who died while trying to save others on September 11, 2001. Then there are Paxton's 'short shelf life songs', which are topical songs about current events and things in the news. They include: 'In Florida', about the 2000 election; 'Without DeLay', a song about the former congressman; 'Bobbitt', about John and Lorena Bobbitt; 'Little Bitty Gun', which lampoons Nancy Reagan; 'I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler', about the federal loan guarantee to Chrysler in 1979 (which was rewritten in 2008 as 'I Am Changing My Name to Fannie Mae' about the 700 billion dollar 'bailout of the U.S. financial system'); 'The Ballad of Spiro Agnew' (mocking the short career and the former-Vice President's resignation), and 'Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation' (about the Vietnam War, which became 'George W. Told the Nation' in 2007 to lampoon the 2003 invasion of Iraq).
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Lyricist
Composer
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About The Children
Paxton Thomas R
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Ain't That News
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All Clear in Harrisburg
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All Night Long
Paxton Thomas R
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Along the Verdigris
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Annie's Going To Sing Her Song
Tom Paxton
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Bad Old Days
Tom Paxton
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Battle Of The Sexes(Provided)
2015
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9
Bishop Cody's Last Request
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10
Born on the Fourth of July
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11
Bottle of Wine (Live)(Provided)
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12
Bottle of Wine
Tom Paxton
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13
Bound For The Mountains And The Sea
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Buffalo Dreams
2015
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Central Square
2015
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Changing My Name To Chrysler
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Daily News
Tom Paxton
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18
Dance In The Kitchen
Frank Vincent Zappa
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19
Did You Hear John Hurt? (Live)
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Dont Slay That Potato
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Englebert the Elephant
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22
Faces and Places
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23
General Custer
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George W. Told the Nation
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25
Goin' to the Zoo
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High Sheriff of Hazard
Tom Paxton
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27
Hobo In My Mind - Live At the Marquee Club, London
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28
Hold On to Me Babe
Tom Paxton
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29
Home To Me (Is Anywhere You Are)
Tom Paxton
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30
How Beautiful Upon The Mountain
Tom Paxton
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31
I Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound
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32
I Give You the Morning (Live Broadcast 1970)
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I Give You The Morning
Thomas R Paxton
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34
I Like The Way You Look
Tom Paxton
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35
I'm Bound for the Mountains and the Sea
Tom Paxton
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36
If You Love That Politician
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37
Ireland
2015
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Jennifer & Kate
Tom Paxton
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Jennifer's Rabbit (Electric UK Single Version)
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Jennifer's Rabbit - I Give You the Morning
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Jennifers Rabbit
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Jimmy Newman (Live Broadcast 1970)
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Jimmy Newman
Tom Paxton
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44
Katy - Live At the Marquee Club, London
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Katy
Tom Paxton
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Last Thing On My Mind - Live
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Last Thing On My Mind
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Leaving London
Thomas R Paxton
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Letter From Lbj
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Losing Part(Provided)
2015
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51
Love Of Loving You
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Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation
Tom Paxton
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Mayor Of Macdougal Street(Provided)
2015
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54
Morning Again (Live)
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55
Mr Blue
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56
My Dogs Bigger Than Your Dog
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57
My Lady's a Wild Flying Dove
Tom Paxton
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58
Not Tonight, Marie
Tom Paxton
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59
Now That I've Taken My Life
Tom Paxton
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60
One Million Lawyers (Live)
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One Million Lawyers
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One Time and One Time Only
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One Time Only
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64
Out Behind The Gypsy's
Paxton Thomas R
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65
Out Of Luck Out On Another Highway
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66
Out On The Ocean
Tom Paxton, George Wurzbach
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67
Outward Bound
Thomas R Paxton
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68
Parting Glass(Provided)
2015
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69
Peace Will Come
Tom Paxton
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70
Ramblin' Boy (Live)
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Ramblin' Boy
Tom Paxton
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Rambling Boy
Tom Paxton
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Reason To Be
Tom Paxton
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74
Redemption Road
2015
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75
She Sits On The Table
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76
Show Me A Pretty Little Number
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77
Silent Night - Live At the Marquee Club, London
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78
Susie Most Of All
2015
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79
The Bomb
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80
The Bravest
Tom Paxton
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81
The Death of Steve Bilko
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82
The First Song Is For You
Tom Paxton
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83
The Iron Man
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84
The Last Thing On My Mind (Live)
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85
The Last Thing On My Mind (Parody)
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86
The Last Thing on My Mind
Tom Paxton
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87
The Marvelous Toy
Tom Paxton
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88
The Same River Twice
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89
The Things I Notice Now
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The Willing Conscript
Tom Paxton
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91
The World Goes Round And Round
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92
Time to Spare
2015
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93
Uncle Jack
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94
Virginia Morning
2015
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Wasn't That A Party - Live At the Marquee Club, London
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96
What A Friend We Have In Hoover
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What A Friend You Are
Tom Paxton
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98
What Did You Learn In School Today
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What Did You Learn in School Today?
Tom Paxton
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100
When Annie Took Me Home (Live)
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101
When Annie Took Me Home - Live At the Marquee Club, London
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102
When Annie Took Me Home
Tom Paxton
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103
When It's Gone, It's Gone
Fred Koller, Tom Paxton
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104
When Princes Meet - Live At the Marquee Club, London
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105
When Princes Meet
Tom Paxton
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106
When We Were Good - Live At the Marquee Club, London
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107
When We Were Good
Tom Paxton
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108
When You Shook Your Long Hair Down (Live)
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109
When You Shook Your Long Hair Down - Live At the Marquee Club, London
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110
Who's Been Passing Dreams Around?
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111
Whose Garden Was This
Tom Paxton
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112
Willie Seton
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113
Willing Conscript
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114
Wish I Had A Troubadour
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115
You Are Love
Tom Paxton
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116
You Came Throwing Colors
1972
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117
Yuppies In the Sky (Live)
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118
Yuppies in the Sky
Tom Paxton