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The Company Store
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Greg MacPherson
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I slammed the door at quarter to four
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I was headed for the company store
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"I'll watch my children starve no more
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Tonight I'm going to feed them"
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"I haven't worked in 40 days
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For 23 I've had no pay
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In a week I'll have no place to stay
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In an hour they'll have to kill me"
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On the way I met big Johnny Hines
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The strongest man in Sydney Mines
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I told big Johnny of my plight
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His voice grew loud with anger
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"Todays as good a day to die
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As any that'll come to mind
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I have at home a sickly wife
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And I haven't worked since Easter"
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We hadn't worked since easter
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Half the town'll die from the mining of the coal
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The other half'll leave when the mine decides to close
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The people who are left will starve to death at the hands of the company store
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And they'll bring the army in on us when the union gets to close to them
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BURN IT DOWN BOYS!
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BURN IT DOWN BOYS!
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BURN IT DOWN I SAID, TO THE HEAD!
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They'll shoot us down like our fathers but like them we're already dead and down.
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Our anger built and tightly wound
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We walked the coal road through the town
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"The store," I yelled, "We'll burn it down, Burn it to a cynder!"
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As I spoke these words before my eyes
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Their doors and windows opened wide
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And 10 more miners joined my side
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Beaten, starved and angered
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We were beaten, starved and angered
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Half the town'll die from the mining of the coal
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The other half'll leave when the mine decides to close
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The people who are left will starve to death at the hands of the company store
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And they'll bring the army in on us when the union gets to close to them
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BURN IT DOWN BOYS!
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BURN IT DOWN BOYS!
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BURN IT DOWN I SAID, TO THE HEAD!
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They'll shoot us down like our mothers but like them we're already dead and down.
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I slammed the door at quarter to four
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I was headed for the company store
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"I'll watch my children starve no more
45
Tonight I'm going to feed them"
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"I haven't worked in 40 days
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For 23 I've had no pay
48
In a week I'll have no place to stay
49
In an hour they'll have to kill me"
50
Half the town'll die from the mining of the coal
51
The other half'll leave when the mine decides to close
52
The people who are left will starve to death at the hands of the company store
53
And they'll bring the army in on us when the union gets to close to them
54
BURN IT DOWN BOYS!
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BURN IT DOWN BOYS!
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BURN IT DOWN I SAID, TO THE HEAD!
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They'll shoot us down like our fathers but like them we're already dead and down.
SIXTEEN TONS | Low Bass Singer Cover
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