My Master and I

DESCRIPTION: "Says the master to me, Is it true that I'm told, Your name on the books of the Union's enrolled?" The master says that he can't keep working with a disturber of the peace, and can't pay higher wages. The worker says there is no need to quarrel
AUTHOR: Howard Evans (source: Palmer)
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (Henderson-VictorianStreetBallads)
KEYWORDS: farming worker labor-movement political food
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Palmer-ThePainfulPlow, #17, "My Master and I" (1 text, 1 tune)
Henderson-VictorianStreetBallads, p. 123, "My Master and I" (1 text)
ST PaPa017 (Partial)
File: PaPa017

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