Although the original recording of the song was done by Peggy Seeger and her husband Ewan Mccoll, it was The Travellers of Toronto Canada, that made the most significan contribution to its history.
In 1967, Canada's centennial year, it was also the centennial of the Canadian Labour Congress, who asked The Travellers, to make a recording of Canadian Labour songs on the CLC's 100th birthday also in 1967. The Arc label recorded it and it was used on a CBC-TV show on Labour Day 1967 in which The Travellers played and sang the songs from their album. The featured song was that of Springhill, Nova Scotia. The Travellers are celebrating 60 consecutive years of performance next year with a concert to commemorate 100th birth date of Woody Guthrie, with a Toronto concert. Copies of Springhill song done by The Travellers are available thru grayg@rogers.com.