(Air: Auld Lang Syne)
Lyrics from IWW Little Red Song Book
G D
When hungry millions are unfed,
Em C
and the little orphans weep
G D
I cannot eat in peace my bread
Em C G
Nor sing my grief to sleep
G D
When thoughts arising from the heart
Em C
are hampered in their flight,
G D
I cannot sit and muse apart
Em C G
U-pon a dreamy height
C G D
When craven lies oft seek to blind
C G C
The eyes of blazing truth
G D
I cannot turn my maddened mind
Em C G
To songs of love and youth
C G D
Nor can I sing in lyric strains
C G C
of private little woes
G D
When Greed is reaping golden gains
Em C G
from bloody seeds it sows