Lyrics and translation Pete Seeger - Mill Mother's Lament
We
leave
our
homes
in
the
morning
On
quitte
nos
maisons
le
matin
We
kiss
our
children
goodbye
On
embrasse
nos
enfants
au
revoir
While
we
slave
for
the
bosses
Tandis
que
l'on
travaille
comme
des
esclaves
pour
les
patrons
Our
children
scream
and
cry
Nos
enfants
crient
et
pleurent
And
when
we
draw
our
money
Et
quand
on
touche
notre
argent
Our
grocery
bills
to
pay
Nos
factures
d'épicerie
à
payer
Not
a
cent
to
spend
for
clothing
Pas
un
sou
à
dépenser
pour
des
vêtements
Not
a
cent
to
lay
away
Pas
un
sou
à
mettre
de
côté
And
on
that
very
evening
Et
le
soir
même
Our
little
son
will
say
Notre
petit
fils
dira
I
need
some
shoes
mother
J'ai
besoin
de
chaussures,
maman
And
so
does
sister
May
Et
ma
sœur
May
aussi
How
it
grieves
the
heart
of
a
mother
Comme
ça
attriste
le
cœur
d'une
mère
You
everyone
must
know
Tout
le
monde
doit
le
savoir
But
we
can't
buy
for
our
children
Mais
on
ne
peut
pas
acheter
pour
nos
enfants
Our
wages
are
too
low
Nos
salaires
sont
trop
bas
It
is
for
our
little
children
C'est
pour
nos
petits
enfants
That
seem
to
us
so
dear
Qui
nous
sont
si
chers
But
for
us
nor
them
dear
workers
Mais
ni
pour
nous
ni
pour
eux,
chers
travailleurs
The
bosses
do
not
care
Les
patrons
ne
se
soucient
pas
But
understand
all
workers
Mais
comprenez
tous
les
travailleurs
Our
union
they
do
fear
Ils
craignent
notre
syndicat
Let's
stand
together
Levons-nous
ensemble
And
have
a
union
here
Et
ayons
un
syndicat
ici
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1
Peg and Awl
2 Pittsburgh Town
3 Raggedy
4 My Children are Seven in Number
5 The Ballad of Barney Graham
6 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
7 The Death of Harry Simms
8 Beans, Bacon, and Gravy
9 Fare Ye Well, Old Ely Branch
10 Mill Mother's Lament
11 Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat
12 Sixty Per Cent
13 Cotton Mill Colic
14 Casey Jones (The Union Scab)
15 He Lies in the American Land
16 Come All You Hardy Miners
17 Farmer is the Man, The (Who Feeds Us All)
18 Hayseed Like Me, A
19 Roll Down the Line
20 Hard Times in the Mill
21 Eight-Hour Day
22 Buffalo Skinners
23 The Blind Fiddler
24 Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine
2 Pittsburgh Town
3 Raggedy
4 My Children are Seven in Number
5 The Ballad of Barney Graham
6 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
7 The Death of Harry Simms
8 Beans, Bacon, and Gravy
9 Fare Ye Well, Old Ely Branch
10 Mill Mother's Lament
11 Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat
12 Sixty Per Cent
13 Cotton Mill Colic
14 Casey Jones (The Union Scab)
15 He Lies in the American Land
16 Come All You Hardy Miners
17 Farmer is the Man, The (Who Feeds Us All)
18 Hayseed Like Me, A
19 Roll Down the Line
20 Hard Times in the Mill
21 Eight-Hour Day
22 Buffalo Skinners
23 The Blind Fiddler
24 Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine
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