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Utah Phillips We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.70/10 [20 votes]Album: We Have Fed You All a Thousand Years / Original Release Date: 1984Genre: Singer/SongwriterSong Duration: 2 min 05 sec
UTAH PHILLIPS
- We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years Lyrics / with translationsWe have fed you all for a thousand years
And you hail us still unfed,
Though there's never a dollar of all your wealth
But marks the workers' dead.
We have yielded our best to give you rest
And you lie on crimson wool.
Then if blood be the price of all your wealth,
Good God! We have paid it in full!
There is never a mine blown skyward now
But we're buried alive for you.
There's never a wreck drifts shoreward now
But we are its ghastly crew.
Go reckon our dead by the forges red
And the factories where we spin.
If blood be the price of your cursed wealth,
Good God! We have paid it in!
We have fed you all a thousand years-
For that was our doom, you know,
From the days when you chained us in your fields
To the strike a week ago.
You have taken our lives, and our babies and wives,
And we're told it's your legal share,
But if blood be the price of your lawful wealth,
Good God! We bought it fair!
And you hail us still unfed,
Though there's never a dollar of all your wealth
But marks the workers' dead.
We have yielded our best to give you rest
And you lie on crimson wool.
Then if blood be the price of all your wealth,
Good God! We have paid it in full!
There is never a mine blown skyward now
But we're buried alive for you.
There's never a wreck drifts shoreward now
But we are its ghastly crew.
Go reckon our dead by the forges red
If blood be the price of your cursed wealth,
Good God! We have paid it in!
We have fed you all a thousand years-
For that was our doom, you know,
From the days when you chained us in your fields
To the strike a week ago.
You have taken our lives, and our babies and wives,
And we're told it's your legal share,
But if blood be the price of your lawful wealth,
Good God! We bought it fair!
Facts about We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years
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We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years is written by Traditional, Randolph Von Liebich.
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It is first released in 1984 as part of Utah Phillips's album "We Have Fed You All a Thousand Years" which includes 18 tracks in total. This song is the 1st track on this album.
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We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years is produced by Gary Cristall.
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We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years song length is 2 minutes and 05 seconds.
Who wrote We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years lyrics?
We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years is written by Traditional, Randolph Von Liebich.
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When was We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years released?
It is first released in 1984 as part of Utah Phillips's album "We Have Fed You All a Thousand Years" which includes 18 tracks in total. This song is the 1st track on this album.
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Which genre is We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years?
We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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Who produced We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years?
We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years is produced by Gary Cristall.
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How long is the song We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years?
We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years song length is 2 minutes and 05 seconds.
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these lyrics are submitted by kaanSongwriter(s): Traditional, Randolph von Liebich
Record Label(s): 1993 Philo
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