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Songs of the Workers (15th edition) — Mr. Block

inglés

Please give me your attention, I'll introduce to you

A man that is a credit to "Our Red, White and Blue";

His head is made of lumber, and solid as a rock;

He is a common worker and his name is Mr. Block.

And Block he thinks he may

Be President some day.

Oh, Mr. Block, you were born by mistake,

You take the cake,

You make me ache.

Tie on a rock to your block and then jump in the lake,

Kindly do that for Liberty's sake.

Yes, Mr. Block is lucky; he found a job, by gee!

The sharks got seven dollars, for job and fare and fee.

They shipped him to a desert and dumped him with his truck,

But when he tried to find his job, he sure was out of luck.

He shouted, "That's too raw,

I'll fix them with the law."

Block hiked back to the city, but wasn't doing well.

He said, "I'll join the union—the great A. F. of L."

He got a job next morning, got fired in the night,

He said, "I'll see Sam Gompers and he'll fix that foreman right."

Sam Gompers said, "You see,

You've got our sympathy."

Election day he shouted, "A Socialist for Mayor!"

The "comrade" got elected, he happy was for fair,

But after the election he got in awful shock.

A great big socialistic Bull did rap him on the block.

And Comrade Block did sob,

"I helped him to his job."

Poor Block, he died one evening, I'm very glad to state;

He climbed the golden ladder up to the pearly gate.

He said, "Oh, Mr. Peter, one word I'll like to tell,

I'd like to meet the Astorbilts and John D. Rockefell."

Old Pete said, "Is that so?

You'll meet them down below."

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Joe Hill
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Songs of the Workers (15th edition) — Mr. Block
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inglés
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Modernismo
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Joe Hill, «Songs of the Workers (15th edition) — Mr. Block», Poetósfera, poetosfera.com/p/ws-en-songs-of-the-workers-15th-edition-mr-block--joe-hill-c0b7f4.html

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