Abstract
The article is devoted to reflection on the place of Jacek Kaczmarski’s literary songs in Polish language education. It was pointed out that the poet referred to as the bard of Solidarity is often associated with political texts, whereas the purport of most of his works has a historical dimension, referring to the struggle for freedom. The aim of the article is to emphasize the need to discuss the artist’s songs in Polish language lessons not only in the contextual terms The sketch contains an analysis of studies on the reception of selected works by Kaczmarski, which were conducted among secondary school students.