{"id":106,"date":"2016-01-31T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2021-10-05T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T21:05:37","slug":"get-thee-behind-me-satan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/get-thee-behind-me-satan\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Thee Behind Me, Satan (Almanac Singers)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Get Thee Behind Me, Satan\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QpgLlJCEuI4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is probably the first blues song I learned, though at the time I just thought of it as another union song. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-107 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/talking-union-ews-copy.jpg?resize=300%2C256&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/talking-union-ews-copy.jpg?resize=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/talking-union-ews-copy.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It was on the one Almanac Singers&#8217; album my grandparents had, which I eventually learned was called <em>Talking Union<\/em> &#8212; I didn&#8217;t know the title at the time because the cover had fallen off before it came into my hands.<code><\/code><\/p>\n<p>I learned most of the songs in that set, and this was a particular favorite &#8212; it had an upbeat, swinging rhythm\u00a0 and the guitar part was great. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-263 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/josh-white-cafe-society2.jpg?resize=278%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/josh-white-cafe-society2.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/josh-white-cafe-society2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/>Many years later, when I was researching my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/josh.html\">biography of Josh White<\/a>, it occurred to me that he must be the leader on this one, so I went back and listened with fresh ears. As it turned out, Pete Seeger had decided the Almanac Singers needed a more accomplished guitarist, so he took the subway up to Harlem and asked Josh, who instantly agreed to help them out. Lee Hays was singing lead &#8212; and very likely wrote it, since he was a specialist in adapting gospel songs for union organizing &#8212; but Josh&#8217;s guitar was unmistakable. I don&#8217;t play it like he did, mostly because I do it in a different key, but I&#8217;ve kept a couple of his licks in there.<\/p>\n<p>Many years later, I ran across an original typescript of the lyrics for this song in Alan Lomax&#8217;s files at the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. It had a couple of additional verses, one of which was presumably omitted from the recording because of its forceful language, and a penciled note credited it to &#8220;Pete Bowers,&#8221; the pseudonym Seeger was using to prevent his family from being tarred by his radical affiliations:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4420 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pete-Bowers-GetThee-Behind-Me-Satan-1.jpg?resize=474%2C477&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pete-Bowers-GetThee-Behind-Me-Satan-1.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pete-Bowers-GetThee-Behind-Me-Satan-1.jpg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pete-Bowers-GetThee-Behind-Me-Satan-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pete-Bowers-GetThee-Behind-Me-Satan-1.jpg?resize=768%2C772&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably the first blues song I learned, though at the time I just thought of it as another union song. 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