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Lyr Add: Rise Again (Tom Juravich)
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Subject: Lyr Add: Rise Again (Tom Juravich) From: Joe Offer Date: 05 Jul 17 - 03:45 AM Notes: Rise Again Tom Juravich wrote this song over 30 years ago, during Ronald Reagan's first term. In many ways, we have been "going back to where we began" since then – rates of unionism are as low as they were in the 1920s, and the gap between rich and poor is greater than at any time since the Depression. But it's only now that we can see Juravich was right – the working folks of this country WILL rise again. Music & lyrics: Tom Juravich RISE AGAIN (Tom Juravich) CHORUS I can feel the spirit building, Soft as a whisper, loud as a roar I can feel something a-stirrin', Like I never have before We've been quiet too long my friend And the working folks of this country will rise again We've been quiet for forty years now You had the work, you gave us the pay But with hard times round the corner You think we've seen our better day But we're not going back to where we began And the working folks of this country will rise again Now you tell me that you don't need me You lay me off, no work you say But you expect to see my head a-hangin' As I pack and walk away But with my brothers and sisters so proudly we'll stand And the working folks of this country will rise again Mother Jones and Lucy Parsons, Old Joe Hill and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn They were old time union warriors They gave no thought to givin' in We will rekindle that spirit my friend And the working folks of this country will rise again I can feel the spirit building, Soft as a whisper, loud as a roar I can feel something a-stirrin', Like I never have before We've been quiet too long my friend And the working folks of this country will rise again We will rekindle that spirit my friend And the working folks of this country will rise again Source: http://seattlelaborchorus.org/publicfiles/lyrics___liner_notes.pdf |
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