Ludlow Massacre (song) explained

The Ludlow Massacre
Cover:	Masses 1914 John Sloan.jpg
Caption:	Contemporary depiction of the Ludlow Massacre
Artist:	Woody Guthrie
Written:	1944
Genre:	Protest song

"Ludlow Massacre" is a song by Woody Guthrie about the Ludlow Massacre, a labor conflict in Ludlow, Colorado, in 1914.^[1] A related song is the "1913 Massacre".

Woody Guthrie wrote:

Recorded versions

• Woody Guthrie Hard Travelin' Asch Recordings. Vol. 3, Struggle Folkways 1992
• Ramblin' Jack Elliot Woody Guthrie's Blues 1955, and South Coast 1995
• Christy Moore recorded a version of the song in 1972

The song has also been recorded by Arlo Guthrie (with the Dillards); Barbara Dane; Dick Gaughan; Joe Glazer; John McCutcheon; Paul Svenson; Ralph McTell; and Tom Juravich.

External links

• Lyrics from the Woody Guthrie Foundation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lloyd . Carol V. . Song Lyrics as Texts to Develop Critical Literacy . https://web.archive.org/web/20070715173148/http://www.readingonline.org/articles/lloyd/ . 2007-07-15 . 2008-03-01 . mdy-all . dead.