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My Name Is Dessie Warren

Alun Parry
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Alun Parry


Up and down the nation
he gave the workers strength and courage
Up and down the nation
he taught us to prevail
He fought for safer building sites
he argued for a pound an hour
He was so successful
that they put him in the jail

Some workers leaders
they are sent to royal garden parties
Some workers leaders
are sent to the House of Lords
Some workers leaders
they are sent to jail they're sent to prison
Which ones sold you down the river
which ones fought your cause

The guard said «What's your number, boy?»
He said: «My name is Dessie Warren».
The guard said: «That's your name, you fool!
Your number's what I need».
And he said: «My name is Dessie Warren.
Do you hear my name is Dessie Warren?
The number it belongs to you
I'm only saying my name».

The bosses and the Tory Party
plotted to imprison Dessie
Labour came to power
but still Dessie was not free
So don't just point your finger at the ones
who framed him in the first place
Also at the scoundrels
who clung on to the key

The guard said «What's your number, boy?»
He said: «My name is Dessie Warren».
The guard said: «That's your name, you fool!
Your number's what I need».
And he said: «My name is Dessie Warren.
Do you hear my name is Dessie Warren?
The number it belongs to you
I'm only saying my name».

Dessie Warren, he refused
to take the label of a criminal
They branded him awkward
to be broken and denied
They drugged him and infected him
with chemicals and tranquilisers
The bastards went and killed him
'cos he dared to take our side

The guard said «What's your number boy?»
He said: «My name is Dessie Warren».
The guard said: «That's your name you fool!
Your number's what I need».
And he said: «My name is Dessie Warren.
Do you hear my name is Dessie Warren…?

The number it belongs to you
I'm only saying my name».



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