The paintwork is peeling, there's damp on the ceiling The rats they are squealing, this tenements freezing Your da's not been paid, the strike calls been made Sleep now my Liberty boy, sleep now my Liberty boy Chorus Oh your Da's on the picket line fighting for better time Larkins been taken the strikes nearly breaking "................ Sadly all I remember, I know it recalls the great strike of 1930 in Dublin, of which Philip Larkin fought for better working conditions.
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