Tom Paxton, a man of conscience, has sang out for justice his entire career ! He wrote this song in 1964 after visiting striking coal miners in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky, along with Phil Ochs, Eric Andersen and other folksingers.
as a kid my dad would play music with true meaning from artist like Tom Paxton, new lost city ramblers. while he was in his 20 S he listen to johnny cash, Willie Nelson Hank Williams Sr. Bob Dylan ( before he went electric)
thank God he could not stand the bitch boys or the betholes
so I don't know it surprises them When I started listening to punk music in 1983.
just trying to carry on the tradition or rebel music....I still dig the classics.
thanks dad.