It was early springtime when the strike was on It drove us miners out of doors Out from the houses that the company owned We moved into tents up at old Ludlow
I was worried bad about my children Soldiers guarding the railroad bridge Every once in a while a bullet woud fly Kick up gravel under my feet
We were so afraid you would kill our children Dug us a cave that was seven foot deep Carried our young ones and a pregnant woman Down inside the cave to sleep
That very night you soldiers waited `Til all us miners was asleep You snucked around our little tent town Soaked our tents with your kerosene
You struck a match and in blaze it started You pulled the triggers of your gatling guns I made a run for the children but the fire wall stopped me Thirteen children died from your guns
I carried my blanket to a wire fence corner Watched the fire `til the blaze died down I helped some people drag their belongings While your bullets killed us all around
I never will forget the look on the faces Of the men and women that awful day When we stood around to preach their funerals And lay the corpse of the dead away
We told the Colorado governer to phone the president Tell him to call off his national guard But the national guard belong to the governer So he didn`t try so very hard
Our women from Trinidad they hauled some potatoes Up to Walensburg in a little cart They sold their potatoes and brought some guns back And put a gun in every hand
The state soldiers jumped us in the wire fence corners Did not know that we have these guns And the Red neck miners mowed down them troopers You should have seen them poor boys run
We took some cement and walled the cave up Where you killed these thirteen children inside I said:"God bless the miner worker`s union" Then I hung my head and cry
[00:02.946]It was early springtime when the strike was on [00:08.448]It drove us miners out of doors [00:12.196]Out from the houses that the company owned [00:16.197]We moved into tents up at old Ludlow [00:20.946] [00:23.196]I was worried bad about my children [00:27.446]Soldiers guarding the railroad bridge [00:31.697]Every once in a while a bullet woud fly [00:35.946]Kick up gravel under my feet [00:40.196] [00:40.947]We were so afraid you would kill our children [00:45.196]Dug us a cave that was seven foot deep [00:48.946]Carried our young ones and a pregnant woman [00:53.895]Down inside the cave to sleep [00:58.394] [00:59.896]That very night you soldiers waited [01:03.895]`Til all us miners was asleep [01:07.395]You snucked around our little tent town [01:11.394]Soaked our tents with your kerosene [01:15.394] [01:16.144]You struck a match and in blaze it started [01:19.895]You pulled the triggers of your gatling guns [01:23.895]I made a run for the children but the fire wall stopped me [01:29.895]Thirteen children died from your guns [01:34.645] [01:35.395]I carried my blanket to a wire fence corner [01:39.646]Watched the fire `til the blaze died down [01:43.895]I helped some people drag their belongings [01:48.144]While your bullets killed us all around [01:52.145] [01:53.144]I never will forget the look on the faces [01:57.145]Of the men and women that awful day [02:01.644]When we stood around to preach their funerals [02:05.895]And lay the corpse of the dead away [02:10.645] [02:11.645]We told the Colorado governer to phone the president [02:17.395]Tell him to call off his national guard [02:22.341]But the national guard belong to the governer [02:26.591]So he didn`t try so very hard [02:31.092] [02:32.091]Our women from Trinidad they hauled some potatoes [02:37.091]Up to Walensburg in a little cart [02:40.591]They sold their potatoes and brought some guns back [02:45.341]And put a gun in every hand [02:49.840] [02:51.091]The state soldiers jumped us in the wire fence corners [02:55.591]Did not know that we have these guns [03:00.091]And the Red neck miners mowed down them troopers [03:05.090]You should have seen them poor boys run [03:09.341] [03:10.341]We took some cement and walled the cave up [03:14.591]Where you killed these thirteen children inside [03:20.091]I said:"God bless the miner worker`s union" [03:25.590]Then I hung my head and cry
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