This Land Is Your Land

This Land Is Your Land

słowa: Woody Guthrie, 1940
muzyka: trad.

[G]This land is [C] your land, this land is [G]my land,
From Calif[D]ornia to the New York [G]Island,
From the Redwood [C]forests to the Gulf Stream wa[G]ters;
[D]This land was [D7]made for you and [G]me.

This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.

I’ve roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me.

When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.

As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said „No Trespassing.”
But on the other side it didn’t say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.

In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?

Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.

(Wersety dodane przez Pete’a Seegera)

Maybe you’ve been working as hard as you’re able,
But you’ve just got crumbs from the rich man’s table,
And maybe you’re thinking, was it truth or fable,
That this land was made for you and me.

Woodland and grassland and river shoreline,
To everything living, even little microbes,
Fin, fur, and feather, we’re all here together,
This land was made for you and me.


Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses

słowa: James Oppenheim, 1911
muzyka: Mimi Fariña, 1974

As [C]we come marching, marching in the beauty [F]of the [G]day
[C]A million darkened kitchens, a [D]thousand mill lofts [G]gray
Are [C]touched with all the radiance that a [F]sudden sun discl[G]oses
For the [C]people hear us [Am]singing bread and [F]roses, bread and [G]rooo[C]ooses

As we come marching, marching we battle too for men
For they are women’s children and we mother them again
Our days shall not be sweated from birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies, give us bread but give us rooooooses

As we come marching, marching, un-numbered women dead
Go crying through our singing their ancient call for bread.
Small art and love and beauty their trudging spirits knew.
Yes, it is bread we fight for—but we fight for roses, too-ooooo!

As we go marching, marching we bring the greater days
For the rising of the women means the rising of the race
No more the drudge and idler, ten that toil where one reposes
But the sharing of life’s glories: bread and roses! bread and roooooooooses!

Alternatywna wersja ostatniej (czwartej) zwrotki, w której zamiast race (rasy, gdzie chodzi o „rasę ludzką”) jest class:

As we come marching, marching, we bring you hope at last
The rising of the women means the rising of the class
No more the drudge and idler, ten that toil where one reposes
But the sharing of life’s glories: bread and roses! bread and roooooooooses!


Melodia do wiersza Jamesa Oppenheima z 1911 roku powstała w 1974 roku. Wiersz Bread and Roses wiąże się ze strajkiem robotnic i robotników włókienniczych w Lawrence z 1912 roku, nazywanym właśnie „bread and roses strike”. Transparent o takiej treści miały nieść pikietujące robotnice.

Zobacz też polską wersję „Bread and Roses” w tłumaczeniu Mateusza Trzeciaka.

We Shall Overcome

We Shall Overcome

słowa: autor zbiorowy, m.in. Pete Seeger, 1945-1960
muzyka: trad., gospel

[G]We shall [C]over[G]come, [Em]
[G]We shall [C]over[G]come, [Em]
[G]We shall [C]ov[D]er[Em]come, [A7]some [D]da[A7]a[D7]ay.

[G]Deep [C]in my [G]heart, [Em]
[C]I [D7]do be[Em]lieve
[G]We shall [C]over[G]come, [D7]some [G]day.

We shall overcome,
We shall overcome,
We shall overcome, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day.

We’ll walk hand in hand,
We’ll walk hand in hand,
We’ll walk hand in hand, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We’ll walk hand in hand, some day.

We shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace,
We’ll walk hand in hand, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We’ll walk hand in hand, some day.

We shall all be free,
We shall all be free,
We shall all be free, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We shall all be free, some day.

We are not afraid,
We are not afraid,
We are not afraid, today

Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We are not afraid, today

We shall overcome,
We shall overcome,
We shall overcome, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day.


Wersje w dwóch innych tonacjach, nieco trudniejsze do zagrania. W tonacji A-dur:

[A]We shall [D]over[A]come, [F#m]
[A]We shall [D]over[A]come, [F#m]
[A]We shall [D]ov[E]er[F#m]come, [H7]some [E]da[H7]a[E7]ay.

[A]Deep [D]in my [A]heart, [F#m]
[D]I [E7]do be[F#m]lieve
[A]We shall [D]over[A]come, [W7]some [A]day.


Wersja w tonacji C-dur:

[C]We shall [F]over[C]come,
[C]We shall [F]over[C]come,
We shall [F]ov[G]er[Am]come, [D]some [G]da[D]a[G]y.

[C]Deep [F]in my [C]heart,
[F]I [G]do be[Am]lieve
[G]We shall [F]over[C]come, [G]some [C]day.


I’ve Got To Know

I’ve Got To Know

słowa i muzyka: Woody Guthrie, ok. 1963

[D]I’ve got to know, yes, [G]I’ve got to [D]know, friend;
Hungry lips ask me wher[E7]ever I [A7]go!
[D]Comrades and friends all [G]falling a[D]round me
I’ve got to know, yes, [A7]I’ve got to [D]know.

Why do your war boats ride on my waters?
Why do your death bombs fall from my skies?
Why did you burn my farm and my town down?
I’ve got to know, friend, I’ve got to know!

What makes your boats haul death to my people?
Nitro blockbusters, big cannons and guns?
Why don’t your ships bring food and some clothing?
I’ve sure got to know, folks, I’ve sure got to know!

Why can’t my two hands get a good pay job?
I can still plow, plant, I can still sow!
Why did your lawbook chase me off my land?
I’d sure like to know, friend, I’ve just got to know!

What good work did you do, sir, I’d like to ask you
To give you my money right out of my hands?
I built your big house to hide from my people,
Why you crave to hide so, I’d love to know!

You keep me in jail and you lock me in prison,
Your hospital’s jammed and your crazyhouse full,
What made your cop kill my trade union worker?
You’ll hafta talk plain ’cause I sure have to know!

Why can’t I get work and cash a big paycheck?
Why can’t I buy things in your place and your store?
Why close my plant down and starve all my buddies?
I’m asking you, sir, ’cause I’ve got to know!


Joe Hill

Testament Joego Hilla

Joe Hill

słowa: Alfred Hayes
muzyka: Earl Robinson
1936

I [G] dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
as [C] live as you and [G] me,
Says [C] I, but Joe your [G] ten years dead,
I [D] never died says he,
I [D7]never died says [G] he

„In Salt Lake City, Joe,” said I,
Him standing by my bed,
„They framed you on a murder charge,”
Said Joe, „I never died.”
Said Joe, „But I ain’t dead.”

„The copper bosses killed you, Joe”
„They shot you up with lead
„Takes more than guns to kill a man”
Says Joe, and I ain’t dead
Says Joe, and I ain’t dead

And standing there, as big as life
And smiling with his eyes
Says Joe „What they could never kill
Went on to organize
Went on to organize”

Joe Hill ain’t dead he said to me
Joe Hill ain’t never died,
Where working folk defend their rights,
Joe Hill is by their side,
Joe Hill is by their side.

From San Diego up to Maine
In every mine and mill
Where workers strike and organize
It’s there you find Joe Hill
It’s there you find Joe Hill

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night
Alive as you and me
Says I „But Joe, you’re ten years dead”
„I never died” says he
„I never died” says he


W śpiewniku mamy jedną z najbardziej znanych piosenek Joego Hilla: „The Preacher and the Slave”.