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Version 1 of Arlo Guthrie Lyrics 1913 Massacre (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/a/arlo-guthrie/1913/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | ||||||||||||
| 1 | by Woody Guthrie | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Take a trip with me in nineteen thirteen | Take a trip with me in nineteen thirteen | ||||||||||||
| To Calumet, Michigan in the copper country | To Calumet, Michigan in the copper country | ||||||||||||
| I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall | I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall | ||||||||||||
| And the miners are having their big Christmas ball | And the miners are having their big Christmas ball | ||||||||||||
| I'll take you in a door and up a high stairs | I'll take you in a door and up a high stairs | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Singing and dancing is heard everywhere | Singing and dancing is heard ev'rywhere | 1 | ||||||||||
| I'll let you shake hands with the people you see | I'll let you shake hands with the people you see | ||||||||||||
| 2 | And watch the kids dance 'round the big Christmas tree | And watch the kids dance 'round the big Christmas tree. | 2 | ||||||||||
| There's talking and laughing and songs in the air | There's talking and laughing and songs in the air | ||||||||||||
| 3 | And the spirit of Christmas is there everywhere | And the spirit of Christmas is there ev'rywhere | 3 | ||||||||||
| Before you know it you're friends with us all | Before you know it you're friends with us all | ||||||||||||
| And you're dancing around and around in the hall | And you're dancing around and around in the hall | ||||||||||||
| You ask about work and you ask about pay | You ask about work and you ask about pay | ||||||||||||
| They'll tell you they make less than a dollar a day | They'll tell you they make less than a dollar a day | ||||||||||||
| Working their copper claims, risking their lives | Working their copper claims, risking their lives | ||||||||||||
| 4 | So it's fun to spend Christmas with children and wives | So it's fun to spend Christmas with children and wives. | 4 | ||||||||||
| A little girl sits down by the Christmas tree lights | A little girl sits down by the Christmas tree lights | ||||||||||||
| To play the piano so you gotta keep quiet | To play the piano so you gotta keep quiet | ||||||||||||
| 5 | To hear all this fun, you would not realize | To hear all this fun; you would not realize | 5 | ||||||||||
| That the copper boss thug men are milling outside | That the copper boss thug men are milling outside | ||||||||||||
| The copper boss thugs stuck their heads in the door | The copper boss thugs stuck their heads in the door | ||||||||||||
| One of them yelled and he screamed, "There's a fire" | One of them yelled and he screamed, "There's a fire" | ||||||||||||
| 6 | A lady she hollered, "There's no such a thing | A lady she hollered, "There's no such a thing; | 6 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Keep on with your party, there's no such a thing" | Keep on with your party, there's no such a thing." | 7 | ||||||||||
| A few people rushed and there's only a few | A few people rushed and there's only a few | ||||||||||||
| 8 | It's just the thugs and the scabs fooling you | "It's just the thugs and the scabs fooling you." | 8 | ||||||||||
| A man grabbed his daughter and he carried her down | A man grabbed his daughter and he carried her down | ||||||||||||
| 9 | But the thugs held the door and he could not get out | But the thugs held the door and he could not get out. | 9 | ||||||||||
| And then others followed, about a hundred or more | And then others followed, about a hundred or more | ||||||||||||
| But most everybody remained on the floor | But most everybody remained on the floor | ||||||||||||
| The gun thugs, they laughed at their murderous joke | The gun thugs, they laughed at their murderous joke | ||||||||||||
| 10 | And the children were smothered on the stairs by the door | And the children were smothered on the stairs by the door. | 10 | ||||||||||
| Such a terrible sight I never did see | Such a terrible sight I never did see | ||||||||||||
| We carried our children back up to their tree | We carried our children back up to their tree | ||||||||||||
| The scabs outside still laughed at their spree | The scabs outside still laughed at their spree | ||||||||||||
| And the children that died there was seventy-three | And the children that died there was seventy-three | ||||||||||||
| The piano played a slow funeral tune, | The piano played a slow funeral tune, | ||||||||||||
| And the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon | And the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon | ||||||||||||
| 11 | The parents, they cried and the men, they moaned | The parents, they cried and the men, they moaned, | 11 | ||||||||||
| "See what your greed for money has done?" | "See what your greed for money has done?" | ||||||||||||
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