Mean Things Happening in This Land
John HandcoxLa versione di Pete Seeger dall’album “Gazette, Vol. 1”, Folkw... | |
MEAN THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS LAND There is mean things happening in this land Mean things happening in this land But the people are [union’s] going on The people are [union’s] growing strong There's mean things happening in this land [There is mean thing happening in this land Mean things happening in this land On the eighteenth day of May the union called a strike But the planters and their bosses throwed the people outta their shacks. There is mean things happening in this land] There is mean thing happening in this land Mean things happening in this land Children crying in the street They ain't got no food to eat There's mean things happening in this land There are mean thing happening in this land Mean things happening in this land We sent our boys all off to war Now tell me what was it all for? There's mean things happening in this land There are mean thing happening in this land Mean things happening in this land If you're black or brown or tan You're in trouble with the man There's mean things happening in this land There is mean thing happening in this land Mean things happening in this land But the people are [union’s] going on The people are [union’s] growing strong There's mean things happening in this land | THERE IS MEAN THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS LAND There is mean things happening in this land; There is mean things happening in this land. Oh, the rich man boasts and brags, While the poor man goes in rags, There is mean things happening in this land. There is mean things happening in this land, There is mean things happening in this land, Too much cotton in our sacks, So we have none on our backs. There is mean things happening in this land. There is mean things happening in this land, There is mean things happening in this land, To much groceries on the shelves, So we have none for ourselves, There is mean things happening in this land. There is mean things happening in this land; There is mean things happening in this land. Oh, the rich man boasts and brags, While the poor man goes in rags, There is mean things happening in this land. |