Azizi:

The version of "MTA" you posted appears to be the Kingston Trio's version except that, in the last verse, O'Brien's first name is given as both Walter and George.

The lyrics were composed by Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Hawes (Lomax) for the 1948 election campaign of Walter O'Brien who was running for mayor of Boston. The Kingston Trio recorded the song in the late 1950s and changed his first name from Walter to George.

This was probably due to the fact that this was the era of the House Unamerican Activities Committee, Senator Joe McCarthy and blacklisting of artists with left leaning tendencies such as Pete Seeger. Walter O'Brien billed himself as a "progressive", a term which was read as "communist" by a lot of folks.

Bev and Jerry