"We'd go down to the river"

[Ichingcarpenter]

The River

I come from down in the valley
where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
when she was just seventeen
We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress


got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care


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My UNION FRIENDS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.
My friend, just past his Union State Cerifcation Test
He just got his girlfriend pregnant, who is a Holistic, masseuse healer for
the elderly.

He is down on the river.

[seemslikeadream]

1. I stumbled upon this the other day

Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950
Why radicals and community unionism mattered in the workers movement

http://www3.niu.edu/~td0raf1/radicalunionism/index.htm

[flamin lib]

2. K&R for my brothers. nt

[onethatcares]

3. I did some work for a man,

that was a union organizer back in the 30s, at the coal mines. His hands didn't work too good anymore because the company lawmen broke each finger more than once. He didn't let that stop him from organizing though.

Now, we hear about how unions are nothing but criminal organizations. I've never read anything about unions breaking company owners fingers. Have you?

[GliderGuider]

4. Thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PEopk8L0GA
The River, as performed by The Boss