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This One’s For the Funny Folks
Traditional folk songs in the 1800s joined other genres of music in exposing political prejudices. But there was something different about J.C. Beckel's "I Wish I Were Single Again" published in 1871 that made listeners do more than take a stand: it made them chuckle! Beckel's arrangement has a blunt sense of humor that slyly tip-toes into the perspective of finding freedom in a shackled society.