Thanks, Joe! Sorry, I should have included credit links. I sing in a wonderful women's choir called Echo in Toronto, and do some research into the background of our songs. We performed this in December along with three of Malvina Reynold's other songs: "Green Shadows," "No Closing Chord," and "God Bless the Grass."

I compiled the background info from "They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History " (1912) by Alessandro Portelli, a history of the area where the strikes took place, and "Voices from the Mountains" ed. Guy and Candie Carawan (1975); a collection of songs, stories and photos from Appalachia.

I initially found the song lyrics in "Calling Home: Working-Class Women's Writings: An Anthology," "Calling Home: Working-Class Women's Writings: An Anthology, (1990), edited by Janet Zandy, a collection of poetry, testimonials, histories, and short stories from working-class American women in the twentieth century.