Having grown up in a coal mining town where the company owned our house, my Dad was paid in script that could only be used at the company store, this song captures it perfectly. I hope I see more of Astrid! #USDemocracy #BlueCrew
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Ditto!
aug 31, 2025, 11:04 am • 1 0 • view
My grandfather was for the oil fields in Texas. Buried in a company plot at the age of 35.
aug 31, 2025, 3:48 am • 32 3 • view
The companies owned us all even our burial sites. How sad and how tragic.
aug 31, 2025, 3:37 pm • 8 0 • view
Mom visited his plot a few years ago. Wanted to see it before she died. She never met him. It is surrounded by keystones that have an S on them-Sinclair Oil. I'm sure he thought he'd have company there eventually. He will not. Mom never wanted to go back to Texas again after that.
aug 31, 2025, 4:15 pm • 3 1 • view
How heartbreaking for her. It makes me both sad and angry to know so many good people suffered at the hands of the rich coal, copper and oil barons. I hope these stories will never be forgotten. 💔💔
aug 31, 2025, 5:02 pm • 3 2 • view
Those war years were tough. Her mom had to do Rosie the riveter and had to leave her kids on a farm with her folks for a long time. We forget, here in this country because it is so sanitized for us-- but war and all its tentacles really IS hell.
sep 1, 2025, 12:08 am • 1 1 • view
Yes. Too many forget the sacrifices of those who fought to give us freedom. It is terrifying to see it being stripped away bit By bit.
sep 1, 2025, 12:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Grew up hearing Tennesee Ernie Ford sing this on early tv.
aug 31, 2025, 11:31 am • 5 1 • view
I did as well. I loved his version!
aug 31, 2025, 3:30 pm • 1 0 • view