My Children Are Seven In Number-Pete Seeger/Kellogg/Public Domain

[ti:My Children Are Seven in Number] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:Industrial Ballads Volume 1] [offset:0] [00:00.62]My children are seven in number [00:05.97]We have to sleep four in a bed [00:09.11] [00:10.77]I'm striking with my fellow workers [00:14.60] [00:15.74]To get them more clothes and more bread [00:19.06] [00:20.81]Shoes, shoes, we're striking for pairs of shoes [00:28.68] [00:29.90]Shoes, shoes, we're striking for pairs of shoes [00:37.85] [00:39.55]Pellagra is cramping my stomach [00:42.27] [00:43.77]My wife is sick with TB [00:46.82] [00:48.26]My babies are starving for sweet milk [00:52.04] [00:52.93]Oh there's so much sickness for me [00:56.18] [00:58.12]Milk, milk, we're striking for gallons of milk [01:05.66] [01:07.10]Milk, milk, we're striking for gallons of milk [01:14.39] [01:15.77]I'm needing a shave and a haircut [01:18.88] [01:20.25]But barbers I cannot afford [01:23.08] [01:24.62]My wife cannot wash without soapsuds [01:27.87] [01:28.99]And she had to borrow a board [01:31.95] [01:33.71]Soap, soap, we're striking for bars of soap [01:41.50] [01:42.78]Soap, soap, we're striking for bars of soap [01:50.21] [01:51.71]My house is a shack on the hillside [01:55.17] [01:56.32]It's floors are unpainted and bare [01:59.31] [02:00.82]I haven't a screen to my windows [02:04.04] [02:05.25]And carbide cans do for a chair [02:08.49] [02:10.45]Homes, homes, we're striking for better homes [02:18.36] [02:19.50]Homes, homes, we're striking for better homes [02:27.18] [02:28.54]They shot Barney Graham our leader [02:31.82] [02:33.28]His spirit abides with us still [02:36.52] [02:38.04]The spirit of strength for justice [02:41.39] [02:42.66]No bullets have power to kill [02:45.66] [02:48.09]Barney, Barney, we're thinking of you today [02:54.92] [02:56.50]Barney, Barney, we're thinking of you today [03:03.46] [03:04.99]Oh miners go on with the union [03:08.39] [03:09.69]Oh miners go on with the fight [03:12.84] [03:14.32]For we're in the struggle for justice [03:17.56] [03:18.68]And we're in the struggle for right [03:21.59] [03:23.65]Justice, justice, we're striking for justice for all [03:31.39] [03:33.23]Justice, justice, we're striking for justice for all [03:40.28]