His best-known songs are " Pack Up Your Sorrows " and " Birmingham Sunday " , the latter of which was recorded by Joan Baez and became better known after it became the theme song for Spike Lee 's film '' 4 Little Girls '' , a documentary about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham , Alabama in 1963 . " Birmingham Sunday " was also recorded by Rhiannon Giddens in 2017 , on her album " Freedom Highway . " At the time of his death , Fariña was producing an album for his sister-in-law Joan Baez . She ultimately decided not to release the album . Two of the songs were included on Fariña 's posthumous album , and another , a cover version of Fariña 's " Pack Up Your Sorrows " , co-written by Fariña with the third Baez sister , Pauline Marden , was released as a single in 1966 ; it has been included in a number of Baez ' compilation albums
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Richard Fariña