Tired o' Workin'

DESCRIPTION: "'Mang the noise o' wheels in motion, In a dark unhealthy den... Clouds o' dust eternal reign." There is no chance for a change; "I am getting tired o' workin', But to lose my job I'm feared." Workers cannot argue their case lest they be fired
AUTHOR: Words: David Carnegie? (see Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
EARLIEST DATE: 1878 (Carnegie's "Lays and Lyrics from the Factory," according to Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: worker hardtimes technology
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 39, "Tired o' Workin" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #21587
File: Gath039

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