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Don't You Cross That Picket Line

from Reduce the Size of Government by Jester Of No Court

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In eighteen hundred eighty six
A strike took place at McCormick's
They're mixing with the anarchists
And singing all the union songs
The cops beat up the striking men
The papers all called for revenge
And all those pigs they ate a firebomb

Annual inflation
Is like a cut in pay
Our voice disposed
With purple prose
They send us on our way

No matter what the boss says
We're marching with our signs
So join the crowd
Be union proud
And don't you cross that picket line

In nineteen hundred twenty one
In West Virginia's Matewan
The miners all picked up the gun
Against the yellow dog contracts
They sent the army to the mine
The strikers held the battle line
A deputy caught one right in the chest

Annual inflation
Is like a cut in pay
Our voice disposed
With purple prose
They send us on our way

No matter what the boss says
We're marching with our signs
So join the crowd
Be union proud
And don't you cross that picket line

In eighteen hundred ninety two
The workers all knew what to do
In Homestead it was quite a view
When Frick sent in the Pinkertons
In darkness they snuck in the scabs
On barges when they reached the land
They're staring down the barrel of a gun

Annual inflation
Is like a cut in pay
Our voice disposed
With purple prose
They send us on our way

No matter what the boss says
We're marching with our signs
So join the crowd
Be union proud
And don't you cross that picket line

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from Reduce the Size of Government, released October 30, 2019

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