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6 months ago
Song of the day
(do you want the history of your favorite folk song? dm me or submit an ask and I'll do a full rundown)
"Coyote, My Little Brother" Pete Seeger, 1966
originally written and performed in 1963 by Peter la Farge here
notably recently covered by contemporary artist Mitski in 2024 here
this song describes the poisoning of coyotes by strychnine that was part of a larger campaign to eradicate coyotes and ended up killing 2 million coyotes and millions of other predators and devastating local ecosystems everywhere in the USA.
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mitski
peter la farge was kinda horrible because he lied and pretended to be indigenous american when he wasn't
ill probably make a separate post about that eventually
Song of the day
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