You Didn't Do No Wrong (Our Children They Were Sickly)

DESCRIPTION: "You didn't do no wrong, You didn't do no crime, You give away your young life To slavery in the mine." The children are hungry and lack clothes. Join the Union. The sheriff and his gunmen committed murder
AUTHOR: lycics: Sarah Ogan and/or Eleanor Kellogg (source: Seeger-FolkSongsOfPeggySeeger)
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (Seeger-FolkSongsOfPeggySeeger)
KEYWORDS: mining labor-movement children hardtimes homicide | sheriff
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Seeger-FolkSongsOfPeggySeeger, p. 86, "You Didn't Do No Wrong (Our Children They Were Sickly)" (1 text, 1 tune, the latter fitted by Peggy Seeger)
File: FSoPS086

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