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Show me the prison
show me the jail show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale and I'll show you, young man, with so many reasons why, there but for fortune go you or I. show me the alley show me the train show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain and I'll show you, young man, with so many reasons why there but for fortune go you or I. show me the whiskey stains on the floor show me the drunkard as he stumbles out the door and I'll show you, young man, with so many reasons why, there but for fortune go you or I. Show me the country where the bombs had to fall show me the ruins of the buildings, once so tall and I'll show you young man with so many reasons why, there but for fortune go you and I, you and I. |
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Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
Til Stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive I took the train to Richmond that fell It was a time I remember, oh, so well (CHORUS) The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringin The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' They went, na na na na na, na na na na Back with my wife in Tenessee And one day she said to me, Virgil, quick come see There goes the Robert E. Lee Now I don't mind chopping wood And I don't care if the money's no good Just take what you need and leave the rest But they should never have taken the very best (CHORUS) Like my father before me, I'm a working man And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand Oh, he was just 18, proud and brave But a yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the blood below my feet You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat (CHORUS) |
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The water is wide, I cannot get o'er
Neither have I wings to fly. Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall cross my true love and I I lean'd my back against an oak, Thinking it was a mighty tree. But first it bent and then it broke, So did my love prove false to me. I put my hand in some soft bush Thinking the sweetest flow'r to find. I prick'd my finger to the bone And left the sweetest flow'r behind. O love is handsome and love is kind, Gay as a jewel when it is new But love grows old and waxes cold And fades away like the morning dew. The water is wide, I cannot get o'er Neither have I wings to fly. Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall cross my true love and I |
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Last night I had the strangest dream
I ever dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war I dreamed I saw a mighty room The room was filled with men And the paper they were signing said They'd never fight again And when the papers all were signed And a million copies made They all joined hands end bowed their heeds And grateful prayers were prayed And the people in the streets below Were dancing round and round And guns and swords and uniforms Were scattered on the ground Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war |
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I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
Alive as you and me. Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died" said he, "I never died" said he. "The Copper Bosses killed you Joe, They shot you Joe" says I. "Takes more than guns to kill a man" Says Joe "I didn't die" Says Joe "I didn't die" And standing there as big as life And smiling with his eyes. Says Joe "What they can never kill Went on to organize, Went on to organize" From San Diego up to Maine, In every mine and mill, Where working-men defend their rights, It's there you find Joe Hill, It's there you find Joe Hill! I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, Alive as you and me. Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died" said he, "I never died" said he. |
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Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother She's sleeping here right by my side And in her right hand a silver dagger, She says that I can't be your bride. All men are false, says my mother, They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies. The very next evening, they'll court another, Leave you alone to pine and sigh. My daddy is a handsome devil He's got a chain five miles long, And on every link a heart does dangle Of another maid he's loved and wronged. Go court another tender maiden, And hope that she will be your wife, For I've been warned, and I've decided To sleep alone all of my life. |
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We shall overcome
We shall overcome We shall overcome, some day Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome, some day We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand, some day Oh, deep in my heart We shall live in peace We shall live in peace We shall live in peace, some day Oh, deep in my heart We shall all be free We shall all be free We shall all be free, some day Oh, deep in my heart We are not afraid We are not afraid We are not afraid, TODAY Oh, deep in my heart We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome, some day Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome, some day |
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