Bisbee!

DESCRIPTION: "We are waiting, brother, waiting, Though the night be dark and long. "They have herded us like cattle." The workers have been dragged from their homes, whether unionist or not. They are being separated from families and deported
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (One Big Union Monthly, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: labor-movement exile family
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Jul 12, 1917 - the Bisbee deportation, intended to break IWW activity in the area
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 537-538, "Bisbee!" (1 text)
File: CAFS2537

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