Fifty Thousand Lumberjacks (I)

DESCRIPTION: "Fifty thousand lumberjacks, Fifty thousand packs, Fifty thousand dirty rolls of blankets on their backs" are determined to win their rights as workers. They want better conditions. Their families stand with them.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1918 (IWW Songs, 14th Edition, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: labor-movement logger family hardtimes strike
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 505-506, "Fifty Thousand Lumberjacks, I" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Portland County Jail" (tune, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
File: LDC505

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