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Thread #15637   Message #3944086
Posted By: GUEST,tuvya
15-Aug-18 - 08:53 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Little Red Wing / Union Maid
Subject: RE: Origins: Little Red Wing / Union Maid
the melody of the verse is built on Schumann's Opus 68 3 10...The Merry Farmer.

The IWW had a version with words: "Shall we all be slaves and. wrk for wage..." etc

Ed Cray found in the Guthrie archive a chorus perhaps never sung "You have robbed my family and my people..." etc.

There are lots of final verses made now that take the union maid out of theLadies Auxillary and into the front lines. Easy to find if you look for 'em.

Times change and so do songs... and so did Woody.. more or less... but that tune's a doozy...