Eleven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat (sometimes Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat) is an American song of the late 1920s, which was published in 1928 by Bob Miller and Emma Dermer.[1] The song details the economic situation as the Great Depression approached, when the price of cotton fell so low that farming became increasingly unviable economically and inflation had sent the prices of basic necessities skyrocketing.
Covers
editTwo time Grammy-winning Americana/country/bluegrass singer artist Jim Lauderdale provided a version of this song for Janet Reno's compilation of traditional American songs entitled Song of America.
American folk singer Pete Seeger recorded a cover of this song, which was released on his 1956 album American Industrial Ballads.
Grammy-winning Country Music Hall of Fame member Porter Wagoner recorded a version in 2007 on his final album ‘’Wagonmaster’’.
References
edit- ^ Mark Albright. "Unit 7: Great Depression and World War II "Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat"". VoicesAcrossTime.org - American History through Music. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
External links
edit | This folk song–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |