The Ludlow Massacre
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
The Ludlow MassacreLRC歌词
[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
