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That's an interesting song in its own right. It was written under commission for the federal government by Woody Guthrie, and it was really about two of his fav
by mordechai9000 5y ago
That's an interesting song in its own right. It was written under commission for the federal government by Woody Guthrie, and it was really about two of his favorite topics: improving the lives of workers and stopping fascism.
"Now in Washington and Oregon you can hear the factories hum,
Making chrome and making manganese and light aluminum
There goes a flying fortress, to fight for Uncle Sam
Spawned on the great Columbia by the big Grand Coulee dam"
- kixiQu 5y ago"[Woody Guthrie's] 30 days at [the Bonneville Power Administration (the relevant hydroelectric institution)] is considered one of the single most productive bursts in his fruitful songwriting career." https://www.bpa.gov/news/AboutUs/History/Guthrie/Pages/default.aspx https://www.bpa.gov/news/AboutUs/History/Guthrie/Pages/defau... It's salmon all the way down!