Overalls and Snuff

DESCRIPTION: "One day as I was walking along the railroad track, I met a man in Wheatland with his blankets on his back... I knew he was a Wobbly by the button that he wore." He tells stories of workers' troubles. They must help the imprisoned Ford and Suhr
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Cleveland "Solidarity," according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: labor-movement prison
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1913 - Wheatland Hop Riot
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 496-497, "Overalls and Snuff" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Wearing of the Green" (tune, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
File: LDC496

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