John-

I agree, and that information is summarized in my initial post on this thread. The mystery continues. My best guess at this point is that B. Woolf is not the real name of the composer but a made-up name to shield that person from political attack, a useful tactic for creative people to use if they wished to keep their regular jobs.

In my searches through what's available on the Web about or from the Workers Music Association" or the Unity Theatre, I'm never found B. Woolf identified with anything other than this wonderful song.

But maybe it's time for someone else to take a fresh look or just ask someone who has survived from that period of the early 1940's.

Cordially,
Landlady's Daughter