Vote For Me

DESCRIPTION: "Oh father, dear father, come vote for me now, My clothes are so worn out and old." The (rail)roads and banks get all the money from the farmers' crops. Their house is old. Ignore their threats; vote for change; things can be better
AUTHOR: Words: Luna E. (Mrs. J. T.) Kellie (1857-1940)
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Nebraska Folklore)
KEYWORDS: farming poverty hardtimes derivative political train railroading commerce
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 486-487, "Vote For Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Nebraska Folklore, Pamphlet Eighteen, "Farmers' Alliance Songs of the 1890's," Federal Writers' Project, 1938, p. 7, "Vote For Me" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Father, Dear Father, Come Home with Me Now" (tune)
NOTES [12 words]: For background on Luna Kellie, see the notes to "Marching for Freedom." - RBW
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File: LDC486

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