To: little jeremiah
compliments of wiki...I wasn't born yet... don't know why I should have known anything about this...must have been something I found while looking for other things...
The song was first performed publicly by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays on June 3, 1949, at St. Nicholas Arena in New York City at a testimonial dinner for the leaders of the Communist Party of the United States, who were then on trial in federal court, charged with violating the Smith Act by advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Had_a_Hammer
2,037 posted on
12/13/2018 8:27:50 PM PST by
stylin19a
(2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: stylin19a
Nasty. Thanks for the info.
2,047 posted on
12/13/2018 8:37:43 PM PST by
little jeremiah
(When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)
To: stylin19a
If I had a hammer there would be no more folk singers...
2,051 posted on
12/13/2018 8:42:20 PM PST by
eldoradude
(Shillery dillery doc, they can - - -)
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