Farmer's Alliance, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all ye honest farmers And help to right the wrong, Come join the Farmers Union And push the cause along." The singer accuses politicians and trusts with forming a monopoly. Fifteen million farmers must unite to fight back
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends)
KEYWORDS: farming labor-movement hardtimes commerce nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends, pp. 251-252, "The Farmer's Alliance" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7742
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Farmer is the Man" (lyrics)
File: KPL251

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