Song Lyrics Unknown - Twelve Hundred More    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Twelve Hundred More Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Twelve Hundred More Theme ID: 5782 Album: N/A TWELVE HUNDRED MORE O workingmen dear, and did you hear The news that's goin' round? Another China steamer Has been landed here in town. Today I read the papers, And it grieved my heart full sore To see upon the title page, O, just "Twelve Hundred More!" O, California's coming down, As you can plainly see. They are hiring all the Chinamen And discharging you and me; But strife will be in every town Throughout the Pacific shore, And the cry of old and young shall be, "O, damn, 'Twelve Hundred More' " They run their steamer in at night Upon our lovely bay; If 'twas a free and honest trade, They'd land it in the day. They come here by the hundreds The country is overrun And go to work at any price- By them the labor's done. If you meet a workman in the street And look into his face, You'll see the signs of sorrow there Oh, damn this long-tailed race! And men today are languishing Upon a prison floor, Because they've been supplanted by This vile "Twelve Hundred More!" Twelve hundred honest laboring men Thrown out of work today By the landing of these Chinamen In San Francisco Bay. Twelve hundred pure and virtuous girls In the papers I have read, Must barter away their virtue To get a crust of bread. This state of things can never last In, this our golden land, For soon you'll hear the avenging cry, "Drive out the China man!" And then we'll have the stirring times We had in days of yore, And the devil take those dirty words They call "Twelve Hundred More!" From American Labor Songs of the Nineteenth Century, Foner Note: In 1877-1878, Dennis Kearney's Working Men's Party achieved some political success in California by attacking, not the other political parties or the bosses, but the Chinese who were imported as a source of cheap labor. The party splintered and broke up shortly after, but left a legacy of exclusionary legislation aimed at the Chinese in California. tune: Wearing of the Green @work filename[ TWLVMORE play.exe WEARGREN RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Ukraine Anthem Text, Uncle Joe, Uncle Sams Farm, Und Wer Hier Im J?nner Geboren Ist, Unfortunate Lass, Union Maid 2, United Kingdom Anthem Text, United States of America Anthem Text, Universal Pacifist, Universal Soldier, Unknown, Unquiet Grave, Unreconstructed Rebel, Until Morning, Up On The Rooftop, Uruguay Anthem Text, Uruguay Native Anthem Text, Us Infantry, Valley Forge, Van Diemans Land, Van Diemans Land Ii, Van Gogh, Vandy Vandy, Vanuatu Anthem Text, Vanuatu Native Anthem Text, Vatican Rag, Vegetable, Ven a Jess!, Venezuela, Verdant Braes Of Skreen, Vermont Boys In Gardner, Very Unfortunate Man, Vicar And The Frog, Vicar Of Bray, Vicar Of Bray American, Victory Won At Richmond, Vietnam Anthem Text, View From Home, Villikins And His Dinah, Violate Me In The Violet Time, Violets Of Dawn, Virgin Sturgeon, Virgin Sturgeon 2, Viva Lamour, W B A, Wabash Cannonball, Wagoners Lad, Wait For The Tide, Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie, Wake Island, 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