Lots of Irish,Chinese,and other immigrants worked in the mines I tend to take the stand that Woody spoke to and about ALL the downtrodden regardless of what the actual lyrics stated. A lot of people have complained to me that his Spanish grammar in Deportee is incorrect I have had to point out to them that he used ain't and very poor grammar in English why should his Spanish be impeccable. The Story's the Thing for Woody. If he said 73 it was what he was thinkin' when he wrote it. He wasn't exactly a reporter with an editor checking his facts but he was a listener who related to what he was told. "Facts are what eyewitnesses believe they saw". B Dalrymple -Philosopher