Mean Things Happening in This Land
John Handcox| Original | La versione di Agnes “Sis” Cunningham composta nel 1937 a qua... |
| 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 ARE STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING There are strange things happening in this land There are strange things happening in this land Oh, the rich man boasts and brags While the poor man goes in rags There are strange things happening in this land. There are strange things happening in this land There are strange things happening in this land Oh, the farmer cannot eat 'cause he's raised too much wheat There are strange things happening in this land. There are strange things happening in this land There are strange things happening in this land Too much cotton in our sacks So we have none on our backs There are strange things happening in this land. There are strange things happening in this land There are strange things happening in this land Lots of groceries on the shelves But we have none for ourselves There are strange things happening in this land. There are strange things happening in this land There are strange things happening in this land Oh, we'll have even less to eat When the drums commence to beat There are strange things happening in this land. There are strange things happening in this land There are strange things happening in this land But when working men refuse To put on their old war shoes There'll be good things happening in this land. There are strange things happening in this land There are strange things happening in this land When the workers take a stand And unite in a solid band There'll be good things happening in this land. |
