a union song written by Kentucky coal miner's wife Florence Reece in 1931. It foreshadows Seeger's later troubles during the Communist witch hunts of the McCarthy era. Seeger founded The Weavers ...

Seeger loved the song, and he tried to sing it himself. He couldn’t understand the lyrics, so he sang them phonetically when he and his band the Weavers adapted the song, giving it the new title ...

To sing is not for a precious few, according to Voice Weavers’ choir director Ronda Rice. Observations made during a family gathering inspired her to help others find their power through song.

In 'The Gallant Weaver' Burns adopts a common motif of folk song: the importance of marrying for love and happiness as opposed to wealth and social elevation: 'My daddie sign'd my tocher-band/ To ...