Song Lyrics Unknown - After the Strike    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> After the Strike Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: After the Strike Theme ID: 3485 Album: N/A AFTER THE STRIKE (Joseph A. Hemer) Air-"After the Ball" Once a pretty maiden climbed an old man's knee Asked for a story-"Papa tell me, Why are you lonely, why are you sad, Why do your shopmates call you a scab?" I had friends, pet, long, long ye-ars ago, How I lost them you soon shall know; I'll tell it all, pet, tell all my shame; I was a scab, pet, I was to blame." cho: After the strike is over, After the men have won, After the shops have opened, After the notice is down; Many the heart is aching, Though the hope seems bright That many a scab will vanish After the strike. Brave men were fighting, standing side by side, Fighting for justice, fighting with pride, I then was with them---with them heart and soul, But when the test came, I left them in the cold, I thought it best, pet, best to turn a scab; Best to return, pet, to the job I had, That's why I'm lonely, that's why I'm sad, That's why my shopmates call me a scab. cho: Many years have passed, pet, since I won that name, And in song and story they have told my shame, I have tried to tell them, tried to explain, But they will not listen, pleading is in vain; Everywhere I wander, everywhere I roam, The story of my shame is sure to find my home, I'd give my life, pet, I'd give my all, If I had not turned traitor, or scabbed at all. cho: From American Labor Songs of the Nineteenth Century, Foner Note: published in the United Mine Workers' Journal, May 24, 1894 filename[ AFTRSTRK play.exe AFTRBALL RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY=== Related Lyrics Random lyrics: All Around My Hat Parody, All The Earth, All the Pretty Little Horses, All the World is Desolation, All Through the Night, Allison Gross, Alma Mater Cornell, Alouette, Alpha Phi Omega Toast, Alteh Buck, Altered, Alumbering We Go, Amelia Earharts Last Flight, Amtrak Song, Andrew Marteen, Andrew Ross Andrew Rose, Andro and His Cutty Gun, Angels We Have Heard On High, Angus Hempstead, Ann O Hethersgill, Antigua Anthem Text, Apple Computer, Apple Pickers Reel, Argentina Native Anthem Text, Arkys Toast, Army Bean, Army Bugs, Around Cape Horn, As I Walked Out, Asteroid Light, At the Boarding House, Auferstanden Aus Ruinen, Auld Lang Syne Original, Auld Matrons, Australia Anthem Text, Away In A Manger, Baby I Need Your Loving, Bahamas Anthem Text, Bangladesh Anthem Text, Barbados Anthem Text, Bayern Hat Verloren, Belarus Anthem Text, Belgium Native Anthem Text, Belize Anthem Text, Bermuda Anthem Text, Bosnia Native Anthem Text, Botswana Anthem Text, Botswana Native Anthem Text, Brazil, Brazil Anthem Text, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy