Pete Seeger
American Industrial Ballads
Smithsonian/Folkways CD SF 40058, 1992.
Liner notes on "The Farmer is the Man":
"The most famous and most lasting of the songs inspired by the Populist movement is "The
Farmer is the Man." Its lyrics sum up, far better than any of the Populist tracts
and pamphlets, the plight of the farmers in the 1890s. That it has lasted and is still
popular today among farmers is as much a reflection of the continued problems of our
farmers as it is a tribute to the quality of the song itself."