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Joseph Brown (1892 Homestead Strike)
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Nicole Reynolds
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joseph brown lived in pittsburgh town
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his whole life, in pittsburgh town
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joseph brown worked the old steel mill
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skimmin' slag, rollin' slabs
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in that old steel mill
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ain't had one penny to his name
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then henry frick, he did proclaim
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"i'm raising your hours, i'm lowering your pay
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man you've got no rights today"
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in the year of 1892
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brown joined the worker union crew
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three thousand strong they organized
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for a living wage they all did rise
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scabs were hired, the mills refilled
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guards marched through, ten men were killed
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eight-thousand troops were soon sent in
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the man who owned the town did win
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with wages cut and hours raised
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joseph brown worked until his dying days
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no justice earned, no morals learned
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the most common fate you've ever heard
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when suits and states are on each others side
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the poor are pushed and are forced to hide
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that's the way it's been and still remains
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and we'll fight it off until our dyin' days
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yes, let's fight it off until our dyin' days
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