The Lean Years A History of the American Worker 1920-1933

Grateful acknowledgement is due to Mr. George Korson for permission to reprint the ballad “Joy Days” and a verse of “Harlan County Blues” from Coal Dust on the Fiddle and four verses of “My Wee Coal Hole” from Minstrels of the Mine Patch, both volumes edited by Mr. Korson and published by the University of Pennsylvania Press; to the University of Penn- sylvania Press for permission to use the material on pages 58 and 358-359 taken from American Folksongs of Protest by John Greenway; and to Ludlow Music, Inc., for permission to reprint the song on page 49 from American Ballads and Folk Songs, collected, adapted and arranged by John A. and Alan Lomax, copyright 1934 by John A. and Alan Lomax, copyright assigned 1958 to Ludlow Music, Inc., New York, N. Y. The song “You Wonder Why I’m a Hobo” (originally entitled “Naw, I Don’t Want to be Rich”) was written by Carson J. Robison; the verses from it appearing on page 324 are quoted by special permission of Peer International Corporation, New York.