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Sick and Contagious

by RED SOUTH

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Rendition of Hank Williams Sr.'s "Alone and Forsaken"

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It began in springtime
When blossoms unfold
The pastures grew green
As they counted their gold


They fought for power
While sickness grew on
The life we once knew
now withered and gone


The roses have faded
The bread is no more
That’s our class and kin
Dying on the shop floor


Workers all over
Are starting to cry:
“They’ve left us in darkness
They knew that we’d die!”

[Chorus]
Sick and contagious
Since I don’t know when
Our bosses’ greed Lord,
It will do us in

They’ll do us all in


The bosses are calling
“Who will work for me?”
“There’s money to be made,
You must meet my needs”



They promised us honor
Said we’re “heroes” today
But they never bothered
To increase our pay


The company is failing
The future is gray
The workers will suffer
So the boss gets paid


I wonder, I wonder
What they’re thinking of?
How will they make money
Without our blood?

Chorus x 1


Oh workers please hear me,
As I call to thee,
Only one thing can save us,
And set us free


We must build a union,
From sea to sea,
Every worker together,
That’s what we need

Chorus x 2

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released October 4, 2020

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RED SOUTH Richmond, Virginia

Union thug music from the Richmond IWW.

1-5 piece depending on our mood.

reds playing bluegrass = redgrass.

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