NOT KNOWN FACTUAL STATEMENTS ABOUT FOLK MUSIC TRADITION

“If I Had a Hammer,” penned by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in 1949, turned a cornerstone on the American folk revival movement. At first penned like a union tune, its message of justice, independence, and love struck a chord in the civil legal rights period, with Peter, Paul, and Mary helping to popularize it. The music’s simplicity—its repeti