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A few people rushed, and it was only a few "It's only the thugs and the scabs fooling you." A man grabbed his daughter and carried her down But the thugs held the door and he could not get out.
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The 1913 Massacre
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Guthrie Woody
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And then others followed, a hundred or more But most everybody remained on the floor. The gun-thugs they laughed at their murderous joke, While the children were smothered on the stair by the door.
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The 1913 Massacre
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The copper-boss thugs stuck their heads in the door One of them yelled and he screamed, "There's a fire!" A lady, she hollered, "There's no such a thing! Keep on with your party, there's no such a thing."
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The 1913 Massacre
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There's talking and laughing and songs in the air, And the spirit of Christmas is there everywhere, Before you know it, you're friends with us all And you're dancing around and around in the hall.
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The 1913 Massacre
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Take a trip with me in nineteen thirteen To Calumet, Michigan, in the copper country. I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall Where the miners are having their big Christmas ball.
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The 1913 Massacre
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Guthrie Woody
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Well, a little girl sits down by the Christmas tree lights To play the piano, so you gotta keep quiet. To hear all this fun you would not realize That the copper-boss thug-men are milling outside.
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The 1913 Massacre
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I'll take you through a door, and up a high stairs. Singing and dancing is heard everywhere, I will let you shake hands with the people you see And watch the kids dance round that big Christmas tree.
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The 1913 Massacre
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Guthrie Woody
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You ask about work and you ask about pay; They'll tell you that they make less than a dollar a day, Working the copper claims, risking their lives, So it's fun to spend Christmas with children and wives.
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The 1913 Massacre
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Note: In Calumet, Michigan, in 1913 hired copper company thugs broke up a striker's Christmas party by shouting "fire", and then barring the door. In the panic hat ensued, 73 children were smothered to death. @union @work @death @Xmas filename[ MASS1913 play.exe MASS1913 ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===
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The 1913 Massacre
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Such a terrible sight I never did see We carried our children back up to their tree. The scabs outside still laughed at their spree And the children that died there were seventy-three.
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The 1913 Massacre
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The 1913 Massacre
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The piano played a slow funeral tune And the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon, The parents they cried and the miners they moaned, "See what your greed for money has done."
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The 1913 Massacre
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Guthrie Woody
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