Fare Ye Well Old Ely Branch-Pete Seeger

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[00:00.00]Fare Ye Well - Pete Seeger
[00:03.46]Fare ye well old Ely Branch
[00:05.85]Fare ye well I say
[00:08.36]I'm tired o' livin' on dried beef and tomatoes
[00:11.41]And I'm a-goin' away
[00:14.93]When we had a strike in Ely this spring
[00:17.09]These words ol' Hughes did say
[00:20.03]Come along boys go back to work
[00:22.11]We'll give you the two weeks' pays
[00:25.24]When they put on their mining clothes
[00:27.30]Hard work again they tried
[00:29.84]And when ol' payday rolled around
[00:32.18]They found ol' Hughes had lied
[00:34.70]So fare ye well old Ely Branch
[00:37.63]Fare ye well I say
[00:39.59]I'm tired o' livin' on dried beef and tomatoes
[00:43.40]And I'm a-goin' away
[00:46.83]When Hughes thinks his mines was goin' to stop
[00:49.53]A sight to see him frown
[00:51.73]There's gas enough in old Hughes
[00:53.85]To blow these mountains down
[00:56.23]Oh take your children outta Ely Branch
[00:58.86]Before they cry for bread
[01:00.90]For when ol' Hughes' debts are paid
[01:03.73]He won't be worth a thread
[01:05.77]So fare ye well old Ely Branch
[01:08.25]Fare ye well I say
[01:10.27]I'm tired o' livin' on dried beef and tomatoes
[01:13.37]And I'm a-goin' away
[01:23.81]Now Hughes claims he owns more mines than these
[01:27.32]He says he gots money to lend
[01:30.01]But when ol' payday rolls around
[01:32.48]He can't pay off his men
[01:34.49]I'd rather be in Pine Grove jail
[01:37.08]With my back all covered in lice
[01:40.68]Than to be in old Hughes' coal mines
[01:43.64]Diggin' coal at Hughes' price
[01:46.71]I think John Yaeger's a very nice man
[01:49.23]He's the same ol' John every day
[01:51.82]But a man can't live can't live on
[01:53.01]Dried beef and tomatoes an' I'm a-goin' away
[01:56.96]Fare ye well old Ely Branch
[01:59.47]Fare ye well I say
[02:01.15]I'm tired o' livin' on dried beef and tomatoes
[02:05.11]And I'm a-goin' away