@@rogerrendzak8055 Johnny Cash silver album came out in 1970 the song existed long before that in fact it was June Carter Cash that showed Johnny Cash that song. I’ve been listening to Johnny Cash all my life and Johnny Cash silver album happens to be one of my favorite. But that song has more to do with certain coal mines shutting down that the Louisville and Nashville served. In fact, one of the lines “script enough to buy the company store.” Would only only work until about 1935 as a lyric. When company store script was outlawed federally.

​​​​​​@@YourLocalHistorian Actually, we're BOTH wrong. I relooked at the album, and it says 1979, and reissued 2002 (my reissue). Yes, I recall the song, being about coal mines, as I haven't heard it, for several years. The L&N must of serviced, those defunct mines. Company script sounds like, cheap Republican employers, to me☺️. Their 'pay'; back to their; 'stores'. Not to mention; probably their 'housing', too!!

@@rogerrendzak8055 as a Republican I find that rather offensive, company stores go completely in the face of Free market principles. Maybe not against capitalist principles but certainly against free market principles. Coercing people into staying where they are because they can’t afford to go anywhere else it’s not the meritocracy free market that I love. Even Ronald Reagan would agree with me after all he was a union leader. In short wanting someone to pay back what they owe is one thing in fact, it is proper otherwise they’re just stealing from you, but putting them in a place where they cannot pay back what they owe is another. This is why I think credit card companies are the closest thing to indentured servitude we see in the modern era.