OK, I just learned that “The Power and the Glory” is an Ochs song. We used to sing this in elementary school, in Arlington TX (here’s plenty of context as to why this surprises me). Until today I thought that was by Woody Guthrie (whose songs we also sang in elementary school). I see that Anita Bryant had recorded it, so maybe that’s why it had entered the music class repertoire by the late 70s, but Woody Guthrie, too? (And not just “This Land Is Your Land”.) I’m going to err on the side of optimism and guess that the music teacher was cooler than I imagined (though ony up to a point).
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