Scab, The

DESCRIPTION: "I've travelled o'er mountains and hills and through valleys, Where the worker is crushed by the 'Lord of the soil,'" and everywhere known want -- because of the Scab. People suffer at the hands of the wealthy, because of scabs. The singer wants revenge
AUTHOR: John Brooks Hulbert
EARLIEST DATE: 1922 (Hulbet's "My Garden and Other Verses," according to Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ), referring apparently to events of 1913
KEYWORDS: worker labor-movement hardtimes revenge scab
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ, pp. 78-79, "The Scab" (1 text)
File: BaRo078

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