Fare Ye Well-Pete Seeger

[ti:Fare Ye Well] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:Industrial Ballads Volume 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Fare Ye Well - Pete Seeger [00:03.46]Fare ye well old Ely Branch [00:05.31] [00:05.85]Fare ye well I say [00:07.03] [00:08.36]I'm tired o' livin' on dried beef and tomatoes [00:11.41]And I'm a-goin' away [00:12.73] [00:14.93]When we had a strike in Ely this spring [00:17.09]These words ol' Hughes did say [00:19.22] [00:20.03]Come along boys go back to work [00:22.11]We'll give you the two weeks' pays [00:23.96] [00:25.24]When they put on their mining clothes [00:27.30]Hard work again they tried [00:28.96] [00:29.84]And when ol' payday rolled around [00:32.18]They found ol' Hughes had lied [00:34.70]So fare ye well old Ely Branch [00:37.63]Fare ye well I say [00:39.02] [00:39.59]I'm tired o' livin' on dried beef and tomatoes [00:42.63] [00:43.40]And I'm a-goin' away [00:44.41] [00:46.83]When Hughes thinks his mines was goin' to stop [00:49.53]A sight to see him frown [00:50.81] [00:51.73]There's gas enough in old Hughes [00:53.19] [00:53.85]To blow these mountains down [00:55.28] [00:56.23]Oh take your children outta Ely Branch [00:58.35] [00:58.86]Before they cry for bread [01:00.19] [01:00.90]For when ol' Hughes' debts are paid [01:03.73]He won't be worth a thread [01:05.20] [01:05.77]So fare ye well old Ely Branch [01:07.74] [01:08.25]Fare ye well I say [01:09.35] [01:10.27]I'm tired o' livin' on dried beef and tomatoes [01:12.45] [01:13.37]And I'm a-goin' away [01:14.44] [01:23.81]Now Hughes claims he owns more mines than these [01:26.68] [01:27.32]He says he gots money to lend [01:29.11] [01:30.01]But when ol' payday rolls around [01:31.93] [01:32.48]He can't pay off his men [01:33.89] [01:34.49]I'd rather be in Pine Grove jail [01:37.08]With my back all covered in lice [01:39.63] [01:40.68]Than to be in old Hughes' coal mines [01:43.05] [01:43.64]Diggin' coal at Hughes' price [01:45.41] [01:46.71]I think John Yaeger's a very nice man [01:49.23]He's the same ol' John every day [01:51.01] [01:51.82]But a man can't live can't live on [01:53.01]Dried beef and tomatoes an' I'm a-goin' away [01:56.33] [01:56.96]Fare ye well old Ely Branch [01:59.47]Fare ye well I say [02:00.60] [02:01.15]I'm tired o' livin' on dried beef and tomatoes [02:05.11]And I'm a-goin' away