Come out on strike, boys, it's all you can do;
Old Colman gets rich making slaves out of you.
(Ch.)
lt's a hard time in Colman‘s mines,
A hard time we know.
Take my advice, boys, I'll tell you what to do,
If you will stand by me, l'll see you through.
You get up in the morning, all you get to eat
Corn bread and water gravy without any meat.
We're cold and hungry, no shoes on our feet,
Corn bread and wild greens is all we got to eat.
The best we got to live in is small one-room shacks,
You can throw your dogs and cats through the cracks.
When you‘re asked about moving, all you can say,
"We're so poor and hungry, we can't get away."
Unite and stick together, boys, it's all that can be done;
Throw down your tools, walk out in the sun.
If we all get together, one for all and all for one,
We can put these hard times on the run.
So come out on strike, boys, it all you can do,
Old Colman gets rich making fools out of you.
Old Colman gets rich making slaves out of you.
(Ch.)
lt's a hard time in Colman‘s mines,
A hard time we know.
Take my advice, boys, I'll tell you what to do,
If you will stand by me, l'll see you through.
You get up in the morning, all you get to eat
Corn bread and water gravy without any meat.
We're cold and hungry, no shoes on our feet,
Corn bread and wild greens is all we got to eat.
The best we got to live in is small one-room shacks,
You can throw your dogs and cats through the cracks.
When you‘re asked about moving, all you can say,
"We're so poor and hungry, we can't get away."
Unite and stick together, boys, it's all that can be done;
Throw down your tools, walk out in the sun.
If we all get together, one for all and all for one,
We can put these hard times on the run.
So come out on strike, boys, it all you can do,
Old Colman gets rich making fools out of you.
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