Between the wars
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1. I was a miner, I was a docker,
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I was a railwayman between the
wars.
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C
I raised a family, in time of
austerity,
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C
with
sweat at the foundry between the wars.
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I paid the union, and as times
got harder,
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I looked to the government to
help the working man.
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But they brought prosperity
down at the armoury,
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we're
arming for peace, we boys, between the wars.
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2. I kept the faith and I kept voting,
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not
for the iron fist but for the helping hand.
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F C
For theirs is a land with a
wall around it,
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and
mine is a faith in my fellow man.
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C
Theirs is a land of hope and
glory,
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mine
is the green field and the factory floor.
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Theirs are the skies all dark
with bombers,
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and
mine is the peace we knew between the wars.
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3. Call up the craftsman, bring me the draughtsman,
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build
me a path from cradle to grave,
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F C
and
I'll give my consent to any government,
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that
does not deny a man a living wage.
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Go,
find the young men, never to fight again,
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bring
up the banners from the days gone by.
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Sweet moderation, heart of
this nation,
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desert
us not, we are between the wars.
(capo 2nd)
(Billy Bragg)