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Thread #153646 Message #3878482
Posted By: Lighter
24-Sep-17 - 08:42 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Ranger's Command (Woody Guthrie)
Subject: RE: Origins: Ranger's Command (Woody Guthrie)
Good comment, Guest.
The point of the older versions is the tragedy of the wife's brutal death.
The point of Guthrie's is the maiden's heroic defiance of the criminal rustlers.