Banks of Marble

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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An old song from the Great Depression that seems relevant today.

[Eric J in MN]

1. It's from 1948-49.

http://1heckofaguy.com/2009/12/12/the-leonard-cohen-pete-seeger-versions-of-les-rices-banks-of-marble/

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The Banks are Made of Marble” By Les Rice

Union Songs quotes Irwin Silber’s notes to this song on Pete Seeger’s 1959 Folkways LP, “American Industrial Songs:”

Les Rice, the composer of this song, is a New York State apple farmer and one-time president of the Ulster County chapter of the Farmers Union. His songs have made him well-known to farmers throughout the northeast. Perhaps his most well-known composition is “Banks of Marble” which achieved great popularity among union members throughout the country and even in Canada, where new verses have been found.

This song, written around 1948-49. deals with the farmer’s perennial problem of “parity” and how it affects the farmer’s life.

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[pleah]

2. K&R

[aquart]

3. I have been looking for the words to this!

All I can ever remember is "the banks were made of marble, with a guard at every door, and the vaults were stuffed with silver, that the miners sweated for."

[Ken Burch]

4. That's what our party's anthem SHOULD BE!

n/t.