Christy Moore - The Ludlow Massacre Lyrics
It was early springtime and the strike was on
They drove us miners out of our homes
Out of the houses that the company owned
Into the tents of the little Ludlow
State troopers guarded the railway bridge
Every once in a while a bullet would fly
Kick up gravel around our feet
We were so afraid that you'd kill our children
That we dug a cave that was seven foot deep
Took the children and the pregnant women
Down inside the cave to sleep
It was late that night the soldiers waited
They crept around one little camp town
And soaked our tents in kerosene
They struck a match and the blaze it started
They pulled the triggers of their Gatling guns
I made a run for the children but the firewall stopped me
Thirteen children died from their guns
I never will forget the looks on the faces
Of the men and women that awful day
As they stood around to preach the funeral
And lay the corpses of the dead away
The women from Trinidad took some potatoes
Up to Wallensburg in a little cart
They sold the potatoes and brought some guns back
Put a gun in every hand
We asked the governor to phone up the president
Ask him call off the National Guard
But the National Guard belonged to the governor
I guess he didn't try very hard
Late one night the troopers charged us
They didn't know that we had guns
The red necked miners shot them troops down
You should have seen those poor boys run
We took some cement and walled the cave up
Where the thirteen little children died
I thanked God for the Mine Workers Union
And then I hung my head and cried
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Christy Moore The Ludlow Massacre Comments
I haven't heard this song in 33 year spring/summer 1986 until I heard a friend singing it.
Love this song
Thank god we have unions,to defend the working man,while d fatcats slurp d cream on their sweat,
The Ludlow Massacre took place 100 years ago tomorrow. Stand together against the owner (parasite) class.
A song I was thinking of today when reading about the Marikana massacre in South Africa.
Beautiful song but so sad.