Bread and Roses

Martin Whelan

Originale

I sing: ‘Jack Jones’ in place of James Larkin, in order to lin...

BREAD AND ROSES If we don’t have our dreams What do we live for ? If we don’t have our dreams, What did James Connolly die for ? Look up the sky is burning, With blood that workers shed, And we’ll carry on the battle, For roses and bread. Oh bread and roses, Roses and bread, We’ll carry on the battle, For roses and bread. He was born to organise, That what James Larkin lived for, For being a union man, That’s what Joe Hill was killed for. Look up the sky is burning, With blood that workers shed, And we’ll carry on the battle, For roses and bread. Oh bread and roses, Roses and bread, We’ll carry on the battle, For roses and bread.rus With dreams in solid steel, That’s what Mandela lived for, For dreaming of what might be, That’s what Allende died for. Look up the sky is burning, With blood that workers shed, And we’ll carry on the battle, For roses and bread. Oh bread and roses, Roses and bread, We’ll carry on the battle, For roses and bread. Let's dream that dream of dreams, Of life without sorrow, And maybe our dreams Can build a new tomorrow.

BREAD AND ROSES If we don’t have our dreams What do we live for? If we don’t have our dreams What did James Connolly die for? Look up the sky is burning With blood that workers shed We’ll carry on the battle For roses and bread. Bread and roses Roses and bread We’ll carry on the battle For roses and bread. He was born to organise That’s what James Larkin* lived for For being a union man That’s what Joe Hill was killed for. Look up the sky is burning With blood that workers shed We’ll carry on the battle For roses and bread. Bread and roses Roses and bread We’ll carry on the battle For roses and bread. With dreams in solid steel That’s what Mandela lived for. For dreaming of what might be That’s what Allende died for. Look up the sky is burning With blood that workers shed We’ll carry on the battle For roses and bread. Bread and roses Roses and bread We’ll carry on the battle For roses and bread. Let’s dream that dream of dreams Of life without sorrow. And maybe our dreams Will build a new tomorrow. *