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Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat

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Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat is an American song of the Great Depression, which was published in 1930 by Bob Miller and Emma Dermer. The song details the experiences of a cotton farmer during the Great Depression when the price of cotton fell so low that cotton farming could no longer provide basic necessities.

Covers

Two time Grammy-winning Americana/country/bluegrass singer artist Jim Lauderdale provided a version of this song for Janet Reno's compilation of traditional American songs entitled Song of America.

American folk singer Pete Seeger recorded a cover of this song, which was released on his 1992 album American Industrial Ballads.

References

Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat Wikipedia