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"Part of the Union" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1973 album ''Bursting at the Seams'' and was the band's most successful single, peaking at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. The writing credits are given to Richard Hudson and John Ford, but the song may be an adaptation of the Woody Guthrie/Almanac Singers' song "Union Maid". The lyrical resemblance is striking although it is set to different music. The song was included on the album ''Bursting at the Seams'' but is not considered typical of the songs on that album. Indeed, the track was originally recorded without a contribution by band leader Dave Cousins and was to be released under the name of "The Brothers". It demonstrates the different, more commercial direction the writing partnership of Hudson and Ford was taking within the band. The song is widely considered to be a proud folk anthem for the working man, and was unofficially adopted by the trade union movement. Some see the lyrics as satirically anti-trade union,〔When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett Faber & Faber 2009〕 though reportedly “the band has frequently stated that that’s not the case at all”〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC Radio 2 - The People's Songs, Part of the Union - We All Stand Together )〕 while Cousins did not deny the satire in an 2010 interview.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SHOULD you hear a Strawbs song on your radio, it could turn out to be their 1970s single Lay Down, which reached No 12 in the UK charts but it's more likely to be their other 70s hit Part of the Union, which charted at No 2. - Derby Telegraph )〕 The song resurfaced on the UK television advertisement for insurance company Norwich Union in 1998. The song is also currently being played in the stadium at the conclusion of Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union games. ==B-side== The B-side track "Will You Go" is an arrangement of the Irish folk song "Wild Mountain Thyme" written by Belfast musician Francis McPeake, dating back to the repertoire of The Strawberry Hill Boys (the original name of Strawbs) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Part of the Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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