Текст песни: My Children Are Seven In Number + перевод

My children are seven in number

We have to sleep four in a bed

I’m striking with my fellow workers

To get them more clothes and more bread

Shoes, shoes, we’re striking for pairs of shoes

Shoes, shoes, we’re striking for pairs of shoes

Pellagra is cramping my stomach

My wife is sick with TB

My babies are starving for sweet milk

Oh there’s so much sickness for me

Milk, milk, we’re striking for gallons of milk

Milk, milk, we’re striking for gallons of milk

I’m needing a shave and a haircut

But barbers I cannot afford

My wife cannot wash without soapsuds

And she had to borrow a board

Soap, soap, we’re striking for bars of soap

Soap, soap, we’re striking for bars of soap

My house is a shack on the hillside

It’s floors are unpainted and bare

I haven’t a screen to my windows

And carbide cans do for a chair

Homes, homes, we’re striking for better homes

Homes, homes, we’re striking for better homes

They shot Barney Graham our leader

His spirit abides with us still

The spirit of strength for justice

No bullets have power to kill

Barney, Barney, we’re thinking of you today

Barney, Barney, we’re thinking of you today

Oh miners go on with the union

Oh miners go on with the fight

For we’re in the struggle for justice

And we’re in the struggle right

Justice, justice, we’re striking for justice for all

Justice, justice, we’re striking for justice for all

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