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Thread #57722 Message #909210
Posted By: Joe Offer
13-Mar-03 - 01:18 PM
Thread Name: Inflationary pressures on folk tradition-4 P a Day
Subject: Origins: Four Pence a Day
DESCRIPTION: "The ore is waiting in the tubs, the snow's upon the fell." The washer lads must be at work early in the day. The singer's poor parents could not send him to school, so he must work for four pence a day. He hopes his boss will develop a conscience AUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (recording, Ewan MacColl) KEYWORDS: work worker poverty boss hardtimes FOUND IN: Britain REFERENCES (2 citations): Silber-FSWB, p. 130, "Four Pence a Day" (1 text) DT, FOURPENC* RECORDINGS: Ewan MacColl, "Four Pence a Day" (on Lomax41, LomaxCD1741) Pete Seeger, "The Washer Lad" (on PeteSeeger23, AmHist1) File: FSWB130A