I made up these like I was there on the spot, the day and the night it happened. This is the best way to make up a song like this. When you read the life work of Mother Ella Reeves Bloor 'We Are Many' you will see this story of the Ludlow Massacre, you will be there, you will live it. Ludlow Massacre was one of the hundred of battles fought to build trade unions. I want to sing a song to show our soldiers that Ludlow Massacres must not ever come back to us to kill 13 children and a pregnant woman, just to force you to work for cheap wages.[2]
ludlow, massacre, song, ludlow, massacre, song, woody, guthrie, about, ludlow, massacre, labor, conflict, ludlow, colorado, 1914, related, song, 1913, massacre, ludlow, massacre, contemporary, depiction, ludlow, massacresong, woody, guthriewritten1944genreprot. Ludlow Massacre is a song by Woody Guthrie about the Ludlow Massacre a labor conflict in Ludlow Colorado in 1914 1 A related song is the 1913 Massacre The Ludlow Massacre Contemporary depiction of the Ludlow MassacreSong by Woody GuthrieWritten1944GenreProtest songSongwriter s Woody GuthrieWoody Guthrie wrote I made up these like I was there on the spot the day and the night it happened This is the best way to make up a song like this When you read the life work of Mother Ella Reeves Bloor We Are Many you will see this story of the Ludlow Massacre you will be there you will live it Ludlow Massacre was one of the hundred of battles fought to build trade unions I want to sing a song to show our soldiers that Ludlow Massacres must not ever come back to us to kill 13 children and a pregnant woman just to force you to work for cheap wages 2 Recorded versions editWoody Guthrie Hard Travelin Asch Recordings Vol 3 Struggle Folkways 1992 Ramblin Jack Elliot Woody Guthrie s Blues 1955 and South Coast 1995 Christy Moore recorded a version of the song in 1972The song has also been recorded by Arlo Guthrie with the Dillards Barbara Dane Dick Gaughan Joe Glazer John McCutcheon Paul Svenson Ralph McTell and Tom Juravich References edit Lloyd Carol V Song Lyrics as Texts to Develop Critical Literacy Archived from the original on July 15 2007 Retrieved March 1 2008 Struggle by Woody Guthrie Folkways Records amp Service Corp New York City 1976External links editLyrics from the Woody Guthrie Foundation nbsp This folk song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ludlow Massacre song amp oldid 1109028747, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
