[Fiji Hill]

The song became the hymn of the New Left in the Sixties, as performed by those well-known "Republicans," Peter, Paul and Mary.

Good old Peter, Paul and Mary! They also scored with this Communist protest song, popularized by a tub-thumpin' Red quartet.

The Hammer Song--The Weavers (1949)

[Tijeras_Slim]

Yeah, and if I had a hammer, Peter, Paul, and Mary would have been in the morgue.

I’ll give Woody a bit of a pass, without him there would have been no “The Ballad of Ruben Clamzo and His Strange Daughter in the Key of A”.