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They All Sang Bread and Roses

from A World Like This by George Mann

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They All Sang "Bread and Roses”
(By Si Kahn)


Now don't you think it's crazy, this old world and its ways?
Whoever thought the Sixties would be called the good old days?
But like the Weavers sang to us, wasn't that a time?
When we raised our hands and voices on the line

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And we all sang "Bread and Roses," "Joe Hill" and "Union Maid."
We linked our arms and told each other “We are not afraid.”
"Solidarity Forever" would go rolling through the hall
"We Shall Overcome" together one and all

The more I study history,
The more I seem to find
That in every generation
There were times just like that time
When folks like you and me who thought
That they were all alone
Within this honored movement
Found a home

And they all sang "Bread and Roses," "Joe Hill" and "Union Maid."
They linked their arms and told each other “We are not afraid.”
"Solidarity Forever" would go rolling through the hall,
"We Shall Overcome" together one and all

Though each generation fears
That it may be the last,
Our presence here is witness
To the power of the past.
And just as we have drawn our strength
From those who now are gone,
Younger hands will take our work
And carry on

And they’ll all sing "Bread and Roses," "Joe Hill" and "Union Maid."
They’ll link their arms and tell each other “We are not afraid.”
"Solidarity Forever" will go rolling through the hall,
"We Shall Overcome" together one and all
"We Shall Overcome" together one and all

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from A World Like This, released October 19, 2021

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George Mann Ithaca, New York

A former union organizer, George Mann hails from Ithaca, and has made labor and protest music for more than 20 years. He has worked with and produced albums featuring such folk music legends as Utah Phillips and Pete Seeger. George brings his experience as a union organizer and educator to his concerts-- stories and songs about real events and the struggle for a better life. www.georgemann.org ... more

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