Harvest War Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "We are coming home, John Farmer; we are coming back to stay; For nigh on fifty years or more, we've gathered up your hay." In response he has called them "tramps and hoboes, and pesky go-abouts." Now, though, they are organized
AUTHOR: Words: Pat Brennan (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest_
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (IWW Songbook, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: worker farming derivative labor-movement
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 498, "The Harvest War Song" (1 text, tune referenced)
Greenway-AmericanFolksongsOfProtest, p. 211, "Harvest War Song" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" (tune) and references there
File: LDC498

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