IIRC, we discussed this song in one of my History classes in high school. I -think- it was written before Unions were formed and illustrates how bad things could get when businesses could ... I don't remember, pay you crap wages for hard work or something.
I also remember it because it was one of the songs on that DisneyTV VHS I own that showed clips of Disney cartoons to old songs like "Baby Love." Of course, I didn't get the significance when I was 5, but now it makes me sad for the guys who had to work so hard to survive.
IIRC, we discussed this song in one of my History classes in high school. I -think- it was written before Unions were formed and illustrates how bad things could get when businesses could ... I don't remember, pay you crap wages for hard work or something.
I also remember it because it was one of the songs on that DisneyTV VHS I own that showed clips of Disney cartoons to old songs like "Baby Love." Of course, I didn't get the significance when I was 5, but now it makes me sad for the guys who had to work so hard to survive.