Amen, brother. When the World’s on Fire. A Pentecostal song arranged by AP Carter with Maybelle Carter on guitar.
Guthrie openly said he used Carter Family “chuch house licks” in his songs.
May belle Carter was the genius of guitar upon whose shouder’s Guthrie stood. AP Carter was a genius at arrangement and lyrics.
I like Guthrie’s music but after discovering the Carter Family came to a different understanding of it.
Guthrie was leftist and wrote worker’s polemic.
But interestingly, at that time American values were still so entrenched that any of hs songs were as much about Ameican individualism as the worker’s struggle.
He also sang songs about fighting for your land as long as there are bullets in your guns.
Leftism now is about the un-employed and gov-employed no'bility taking wealth and power from the workers. Conservatism is about the worker's struggle. Arguably Guthrie was a conservative. Workers of the world unite!