The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #141191 Message #3248716
Posted By: Charley Noble
01-Nov-11 - 04:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Reuben James
Subject: RE: BS: The Reuben James
As I recall when Woody originally composed the song he included all the names. It was his bandmates in the Almanac Singers that persuasively argued for the summary form of the chorus, which wouldn't take 30 minutes to sing.