The marble banks

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/1/2010 08:41 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 8:03 PM -0400 6/1/10, George Thompson wrote:
>>But before that a Wobbly song, from the early 20th C.  Another
>>college friend is the chair of the Boston I. W. W.
>>
>>GAT
>
>I assume the attribution to Les King on the web is accurate (and the
>1950 copyright)?  Cf. http://unionsong.com/u024.html.  It's not
>Groucho, Tallullah, or Mark Twain.
>
>LH

And 1950 is a little late for the IWW?

The attribution to Les Rice [not Les King] is for both music and
lyrics, according to
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150977974.html

The 1950 date is just right for the Weavers and Pete Seeger.

Joel

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