Beans, Bacon, and Gravy

DESCRIPTION: The singer, born in 1894, has "seen many a panic," but the worst distress is in (1931). He is on a work crew, being fed a daily ration of "beans, bacon, and gravy," which "almost drive me crazy." He describes the hard times and hopes for better
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE:
KEYWORDS: hardtimes food work
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Arnett-IHearAmericaSinging, pp. 170-171, "Beans, Bacon, and Gravy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Greenway-AmericanFolksongsOfProtest, pp. 64-65, "Beans, Bacon, and Gravy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Darling-NewAmericanSongster, pp. 380-381, "Beans, Bacon, and Gravy" (1 text)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 289, "Beans, Bacon And Gravy" (1 text)
DT, BBGRAVY*
RECORDINGS:
Pete Seeger, "Beans, Bacon and Gravy" (on PeteSeeger04) (on PeteSeeger13)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Little Joe the Wrangler" [Laws B5] (tune) and references there
cf. "Jesse James (I)" [Laws E1] (tune)
File: Arn170

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