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Stinky The Clown

(67,799 posts) Fri Jul 1, 2016, 11:29 PM Jul 2016

From beyond the grave: Woody Guthrie on Trump and racism.

Wow. In the early 1950s, Fred Trump was Woody Guthrie's landlord. The housing development, Beach Haven, was pure white. Woody wrote of the Jim Crow-ism of it all in a song called "Old Man Trump".

Anyway, read about it here. And be sure to click the link embedded in the first paragraph of the story.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/30/old-man-trump-tom-morello-ani-difranco-woody-guthrie

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From beyond the grave: Woody Guthrie on Trump and racism. (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jul 2016 OP
Too bad the tune is marked as "private" and the lyrics are incomprehensible Midnight Writer Jul 2016 #1
Yes, the lyrics are marybourg Jul 2016 #2
I prefer this AntiBank Jul 2016 #3

marybourg

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2. Yes, the lyrics are
Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 01:46 AM
Jul 2016

incomprehensible (although I'm pretty sure I heard the word "trump" in there). What modern recording doesn't have incomprehensible lyrics?

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