An old US song in honor of the Greek election

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    David Halitsky said:

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    Believe it or not, the US once had true left-of-center politics.

    This song is a memory of those times in the US, in honor of the recent Greek election.

    I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister,
    http://www.woodyguthrie.de/alliwant.html
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7VkWAYHUFQ

    I don't want your millions, Mister,
    I don't want your diamond ring.
    All I want is the right to live, Mister,
    Give me back my job again.

    Now, I don't want your Rolls-Royce, Mister,
    I don't want your pleasure yacht.
    All I want's just food for my babies,
    Give to me my old job back.

    We worked to build this country, Mister,
    While you enjoyed a life of ease.
    You've stolen all that we built, Mister,
    Now our children starve and freeze.

    So, I don't want your millions, Mister,
    I don't want your diamond ring.
    All I want is the right to live, Mister,
    Give me back my job again.

    Think me dumb if you wish, Mister,
    Call me green, or blue, or red.
    This one thing I sure know, Mister,
    My hungry babies must be fed.

    Take the two old parties, Mister,
    No difference in them I can see.
    But with a Farmer-Labor Party
    We could set the people free.

    So, I don't want your millions, Mister,
    I don't want your diamond ring.
    All I want is the right to live, Mister,
    Give me back my job again.
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    David Halitsky said:

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    And while I'm at it, here's another one:

    The Banks Are Made Of Marble
    http://www.lyricsmania.com/banks_are...te_seeger.html
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-o3CJytIPE

    The Banks Are Made Of Marble

    I've traveled round this country
    From shore to shining shore.
    It really made me wonder
    The things I heard and saw.

    I saw the weary farmer,
    Plowing sod and loam;
    I heard the auction hammer
    A knocking down his home.

    [Chorus:]
    But the banks are made of marble,
    With a guard at every door,
    And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
    That the farmer sweated for.

    I saw the seaman standing
    Idly by the shore.
    I heard the bosses saying,
    Got no work for you no more.

    But the banks are made of marble,
    With a guard at every door,
    And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
    That the seaman sweated for.

    I saw the weary miner,
    Scrubbing coal dust from his back,
    I heard his children cryin',
    Got no coal to heat the shack.

    But the banks are made of marble,
    With a guard at every door,
    And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
    That the miner sweated for.

    I've seen my brothers working
    Throughout this mighty land;
    I prayed we'd get together,
    And together make a stand.

    [Final Chorus:]
    Then we'd own those banks of marble,
    With a guard at every door;
    And we'd share those vaults of silver,
    That we have sweated for
     
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    Thanks for showing your interest my friend!
    "Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
    You will never find that life for which you are looking.
    When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
    but life they retained in their own keeping"