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Thread #136691   Message #3123231
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
28-Mar-11 - 07:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: We Must Be Contented
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: We Must Be Contented
From the Lancashire cotton workers, after the Factory Act of 1842;

We are forced to be contented

Oh dear oh dear What times are these
The rich will do just what they please
The poor are starving by degrees
And forced to be contented