Ludlow Massacre (song)

Ludlow Massacre (song)

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title=The Ludlow Massacre
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writer=Woody Guthrie
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recorded_by=Woody Guthrie, Jack Elliot, Howard Zinn
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The Ludlow Massacre is a song by Woody Guthrie about the Ludlow Massacre, a labor insurrection in Colorado in Colorado. [cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Carol V. |title=Song Lyrics as Texts to Develop Critical Literacy |url=http://www.readingonline.org/articles/lloyd/ |format=web article |accessdate=2008-03-01] A related song is the 1913 Massacre.

Published Versions

* Lyrics from the Woody Guthrie Foundation [http://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Ludlow_Massacre.htm]

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Recorded Versions

* Woody Guthrie "Hard Travelin' "Asch Recordings. Vol. 3, "Struggle" Folkways 1992
* Ramblin' Jack Elliot "Woody Guthrie's Blues" 1955, and "South Coast" 1995
* Christy Moore recorded a version of the song in 1972


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