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Tom Hall just reminded me of this wonderful update to this thread, which I'd missed while visiting music friends in Australia.

Now the mystery question I'd like to pose to you (which bounced off Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger) is who wrote "Pity the Downtrodden Landlord"? It's usually attributed to a B. Woolf and the tune to Arnold Clayton, and the copyright was held by the Workers Music Association. It was composed some time around 1940 by the Unity Theatre Group for some kind of musical special event and has now spread to folk clubs around the world. Any clue who Woolf was/is?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble
Roll & Go Sea Music
Richmond, Maine