Marion Massacre, The

DESCRIPTION: "A story now I'll tell you Of a fearful massacree Which happened down in Dixie On the borders of the sea." Five textile workers are shot in Marion, North Carolina. The workers needed more money; the owners brought in police.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (recording, Frank Welling & John McGhee)
KEYWORDS: strike labor-movement police death
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greenway-AmericanFolksongsOfProtest, pp. 131-132, "The Marion Massacre" (1 text)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, pp. 239-240, "The Marion Massacre" (1 text)
Roud #22308
RECORDINGS:
Frank Welling & John McGhee (as the Martin Brothers), "The Marion Massacre" (Paramount 3194, 1929)
File: CAFS1239

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