The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50751   Message #770541
Posted By: open mike
23-Aug-02 - 08:36 PM
Thread Name: Sacco and Vanzetti
Subject: RE: Sacco and Vanzetti
Two Good Arms by Charlie King-from notes in Sing out! 's Rise Up singing book: "At the height of the "Red Scare" in 1920, two Italian immigrant union activists in Boston were framed on murder charges, Nicola Sacco, and Bartolomeo Vanzettti were electrocuted in 1927 despite world=wide appeals on their behalf.

Who will remember the hands so white and fine
that touched the finest linen,
that poured the finest wine,
Who will remember the genteel words they spoke
to name the lives or two good men an nuisance or a joke.

CHORUS
All who know these two good arms
Know I never had to rob or kill
I can live by my own two hands and live well
And all my life i have struggled
to rid the earth of all such crimes

etc. i wll check to see if it is already in th data base..
and will post the other verses if it is not...