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The Man That Waters the Workers' Beer (Paddy Ryan)

I am the man, the very fat man,

That waters the workers' beer

I am the man, the very fat man,

That waters the workers' beer

And what do I care if it makes them ill,

If it makes them terribly queer

I've a car, a yacht, and an aeroplane,

And I waters the workers' beer

Now when I waters the workers' beer,

I puts in strychnine

Some methylated spirits,

And a can of kerosine

Ah, but such a brew so terribly strong,

It would make them terribly queer

So I reaches my hand for the watering-can

And I waters the workers' beer

Now a drop of good beer is good for a man

When he's tired, thirsty and hot

And I sometimes have a drop myself,

From a very special pot

For a strong and healthy working class

Is the thing that I most fear

So I reaches my hand for the watering-can

And I waters the workers' beer

Workingmen, Unite!

Conditions they are bad, And some of you are sad;

You cannot see your enemy, The class that lives in luxury,

–You workingmen are poor, –Will be for evermore,

–As long as you permit the few To guide your destiny.

Shall we still be slaves and work for wages?

It is outrageous—has been for ages;

This earth by right belongs to toilers, And not to spoilers of liberty.

The master class is small, But they have lots of "gall."

When we unite to gain our right, If they resist we'll use our might;

There is no middle ground, This fight must be one round.

To victory, for liberty, Our class is marching on!

Workingmen, unite!

We must put up a fight,

To make us free from slavery And capitalistic tyranny;

This fight is not in vain, We've got a world to gain.

Will you be a fool, a capitalist tool,

And serve your enemy?

http://money-free.ning.com/forum/topics/world-strike-song-book

General Sherman said ‘War is Hell’. Don’t go to Hell in order to give the capitalists a bigger slice of Heaven. I.W.W.

We Only Want the Earth (1907) From Songs of Freedom, 1907. Transcribed by The James Connolly Society in 1997. http://www.marxists.org/archive/connolly/index.htm

Some men, faint-hearted, ever seek

Our programme to retouch,

And will insist, whene’er they speak

That we demand too much.

’Tis passing strange, yet I declare

Such statements give me mirth,

For our demands most moderate are,

We only want the earth.

“Be moderate,” the trimmers cry,

Who dread the tyrants’ thunder.

“You ask too much and people By

From you aghast in wonder.”

’Tis passing strange, for I declare

Such statements give me mirth,

For our demands most moderate are,

We only want the earth.

Our masters all a godly crew,

Whose hearts throb for the poor,

Their sympathies assure us, too, I

f our demands were fewer.

Most generous souls!

But please observe,

Student Housing Action Cooperative (evicted after 5 months from 272 - 8 Faraday Street, Carlton, VIC Australia) shachouse@gmail.com http://www.shacmelbourne.blogspot.com/

I ♥ the Student Housing Action Collective (SHAC) update Hi All, Thanks for all your support over the last few days. So even though SHAC has been evicted from faraday st we're not going to go away. We're going to hold a follow up meeting/picnic at 5.30 pm this sunday at the edinburgh gardens near the rotunda. Thanks, SHAC

The Ballad of Pete McPhee. Introduction (spoken): How things had changed in the Royal Court of Victoria. Professor Peter McPhee, French Revolution scholar and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, appeared to take from the poor to be a hero to the rich. Unlike good King Richard, Vice-Chancellor Glynn Davis was away – not at the crusades but on holidays: He was more than happy to leave Prince Peter and the Sheriff of Melbourne in charge. The merry peasants of “S.H.A.C.-wood Forest” stood their ground. Where was Robin Hood?

(To the tune of ‘Robin Hood’)

Pete McPhee, Pete McPhee

Note: a poor WOMAN gets stressed too :- ) V

HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE

Blind Alfred Reed's version 1929

There was once a time when everything was cheap

But now prices almost puts a man to sleep

When we pay our grocery bill

We just feel like making our will

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live

I remember when dry goods were cheap as dirt

We could take two bits and buy a dandy shirt

Now we pay three bucks or more

Maybe get a shirt that another man wore

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live

Well I used to trade with a man by the name of Gray

Flour was fifty cents for a twenty-four pound bag

Now it's a dollar and a half beside

Just like a skinning off a flea for the hide

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live

Oh the schools we have today ain't worth a cent

But they see to it that every child is sent I

f we don't send everyday

We have a heavy fine to pay

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live

Stirring Women's anthem sung by 400 Women of Victoria Australia to mark the centenary of Suffrage - finally getting the Vote in Australia after 19 attempts in Parliament.

Sung at the BMW edge in Melbourne, composed by Kavisha Mazzella and commissioned by the Victorian Women's Trust.

YouTube - Love and Justice, Womens Anthem

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=6HpCmdLRuF8

" That the nation of leeches that conquered this land

Are the biggest and bravest and boldest and best

And yet where in your history books is the tale

Of the genocide basic to this country's birth "

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=tl08n8_b3Sw

LYRICS: My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying Buffy Ste Marie

Now that your big eyes have finally opened

Now that you're wondering how must they feel

Meaning them that you've chased across America's movie screens

Now that you're wondering how can it be real

That the ones you've called colorful, noble and proud

In your school propaganda They starve in their splendor

You've asked for my comment I simply will render My country 'tis of thy people you're dying

Now that the longhouses breed superstition

You force us to send our toddlers away

To your schools where they're taught to despise their traditions Y

ou forbid them their languages, then further say

That American history really began

When Columbus set sail out of Europe, then stress

Chorus

Bump me into parliament

Bounce me any way at all

Bang me into parliament

On next election day

(For Rudd Inc.)

Climate change it causes rage

as sea levels are rising

official channels just for you

cos we want you compromising

(More:)

eco refugees can't come

although we flooded them out

but for the economy to rise

capos we shall bail out. _________

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Tuesday 10am December 16th went to Munro Street and met up with the cheerful fluro-safety vest wearing CLIMATE RESPONSE crew who were busily loading sandbags in front of Federal ALP* MP Kelvin "5%" Thompson's office at Munro Street Coburg.

( * ALP = Another Liberal Party; Note: K T is the local business man's friend especially if you were 'powerful' like Tony Mokbel for whom KT wrote references.)

Several people took photographs which should be forthcoming.

                                 by   Pavlov’s Tiger

At the end of 07

This is how it goes

Howard government flows

As loud as Marcel Marsuo’s

Spited Howard’s face

And we collected his nose

K-RUDD don’t dare disguise

His union bashin lies 

Were his ultimate demise