Corn Song, The (Song of Peace)

DESCRIPTION: "What did we do when we needed corn? we plowed and we sowed till the early morn (x2)." "What did we do when we needed a town? we hammered and we nailed...." "What will we do when there’s peace to be won? ... We’ll gather all our friends..."
AUTHOR: Lorre Wyatt? (course: various internet sites)
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: food work home nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 233, 548, "Corn" (notes only)
NOTES [99 words]: I am far from certain that this is the song Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs means when it refers to "Corn." But it's the only song with a title like "Corn" that seems to be associated with scouting, and that hints at a political program (which Averill says on p. 548 that it might have). Averill cannot be referring to "Jimmie Crack Corn" ("The Blue-Tail Fly," Laws I19); the number of references is wrong.
I found several sites that attributed this to Lorre Wyatt, but none strike me as reliable. They might simply mean that he recorded it. So I have listed the attribution with a question mark. - RBW
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File: ACSF233C

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