“Foreclosure Blues”, written and sung by Tom Naples.

Thousands of farmers lost their land when they had no market for their crops and thus could not pay their mortgages. The plight of the farmer is reflected in the following quote from a debt-ridden farmer: “If they come to take my farm, I’m going to fight. I’d rather be killed outright than die by starvation. But before I die, I’m going to set fire to my crops, I’m going to burn my house, I’m going to p’izen my cattle.” (TFC, Vol.4, p. 55.)

“Foreclosure Blues”, written and sung by Tom Naples is found in Naples’ website: “Whose Names are Unknown: Music from the Depression”

Naples says “These were songs that came from ordinary people who were in the very midst of the struggle. These were the unemployed who stood on breadlines, the Okie migrants who lost all they owned to dust and foreclosures, the urban dwellers who saw their life’s... (Continues)