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    Image 1 of [Louis Larsen] Week No Item Ndt Words percent Received Accredited Do Not Write In This Spade FORM A Circumstanies of Interview NAME OF WORKER Harley Anderson ADDRESS Niobrara Nebr DATE January 28 1939 SUBJECT Farm Holiday songs 1 Name and address of informant Louis W Larsen 2 Date and time of interview Jan 28 1939 1 pm to 5 pm 3 Place of interview At his...
    • Contributor: Anderson, Harley - Larsen, Louis
    • Date: 1939-01-28
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    Image 2 of [Louis Larsen] FMB Personal History of Informant NAME OF WORKER Harley Anderson ADDRESS Niobrara Nebraska DATE Jan 28 1939 SUBJECT Farm Holiday songs NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT Louis W Larsen 1 Anoestry Danish extraction 2 Place and date of birth Omaha Nebr April 30 1885 3 amily Wife and 2 girls and 2 boys 4 Place lived in with dates Nebraska except 1 year 6...
    • Contributor: Anderson, Harley - Larsen, Louis
    • Date: 1939-01-28
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    Image 3 of [Louis Larsen] FORM C Text of Interview Unedited EANE OF WORKUV444Y449MAI ADDREssNipbroxf110r DATEJextuarjr2s1959 SUBJECTFarn13oliclay season IWO ADD ADDRESS OF3770711L1TT AictuisVLorippa In 1933 due to the economical condition the people seemed to rise in one aocord in self defense and staged marches on various State Capitols in protest against threatened persecution by the wealthy oorporations Banks and many individuals And a large froup known as Farmers Holiday...
    • Contributor: Anderson, Harley - Larsen, Louis
    • Date: 1939-01-28
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    Image 4 of [Louis Larsen] 2 Cho Oh we have a glorious dream of how fair this world would seem When eaoh man can live his life secure and free When the earth is awned by labor and there is joy and peace for all In the commonwealth that is to be They mould keep us cowed and cringing meekly at their feet They would stand between each worker...
    • Contributor: Anderson, Harley - Larsen, Louis
    • Date: 1939-01-28
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    Image 5 of [Louis Larsen] They hoped to find surcease And live in love and peace And freedom take They spread oer planes far flung With toil and heartaohe wring A home was brought With suffering and with toil They finally tilled the soil A few of them found some oil A good fight fought Then came some who sought To min this wealth for naught Our fathers earned...
    • Contributor: Anderson, Harley - Larsen, Louis
    • Date: 1939-01-28
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    Image 6 of [Louis Larsen] Now we have no more homes And like the mild beast roans From earth to sky They own this loved land A tiny robber band Shall we not make our stand To live or die by I W Larsen Why Oh Why Why oh Vihy should my brother die Why should my mother sit and cry And father old with worry sigh Can you...
    • Contributor: Anderson, Harley - Larsen, Louis
    • Date: 1939-01-28
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    Image 7 of [Louis Larsen] We have no enemies at all Were always ready at friendships call With helping hands when ills befall But how our joys in life did fall Can you kind sir please tell me why They took my brother away from me He had to go he was not free To fight for them far over the sea Th1 s terribel thing I cannot see...
    • Contributor: Anderson, Harley - Larsen, Louis
    • Date: 1939-01-28
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    Image 8 of [Louis Larsen] Oh no dear child God does no wrong But the rich by tricks control the throng And rule the fate of all along The way They just seem strong And that dear child is why Their lust for gold is more to them Than liberty or lives of men we are but dirt beneath their feet For gold they lie they steal and cheat...
    • Contributor: Anderson, Harley - Larsen, Louis
    • Date: 1939-01-28
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    Image 9 of [Louis Larsen] We have a duty to perform We must arise before the storm Destroys and leaves us all forlorn And bloody by its madness torn To guard you children all Make haste away away Stop madmen who just live to slay And make a better world always From out the ashes of today For such as you my child
    • Contributor: Anderson, Harley - Larsen, Louis
    • Date: 1939-01-28