BREAD AND ROSES
BREAD AND ROSES
music by Mimi Fariña, lyrics byJames Oppenheim, copyright © 1974
As we go marching, marching
In the beauty of the day
A million darkened kitchens
A thousand mill lofts grey
Are touched with all the radiance
That a sudden sun discloses
For the people hear us singing
Bread and roses, Bread and Roses
As we go marching, marching
We bring the greater days
The rising of the women
Means the rising of the race
No more the drudge and idler
Ten who toil where one reposes
But the sharing of life's glories
Bread and roses, Bread and Roses
As we go marching, marching
Unnumbered women dead
Go crying through our singing
Their ancient call for bread
Smart art and love, and beauty
Their drudging spirits knew
Yes, it is bread we fight for
But we fight for roses, too
No more the drudge and idler
Ten who toil where one reposes
But the sharing of life's glories
Bread and roses, Bread and Roses
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Bread and roses, bread and roses
In the beauty of the day
A million darkened kitchens
A thousand mill lofts grey
Are touched with all the radiance
That a sudden sun discloses
For the people hear us singing
Bread and roses, Bread and Roses
As we go marching, marching
We bring the greater days
The rising of the women
Means the rising of the race
No more the drudge and idler
Ten who toil where one reposes
But the sharing of life's glories
Bread and roses, Bread and Roses
As we go marching, marching
Unnumbered women dead
Go crying through our singing
Their ancient call for bread
Smart art and love, and beauty
Their drudging spirits knew
Yes, it is bread we fight for
But we fight for roses, too
No more the drudge and idler
Ten who toil where one reposes
But the sharing of life's glories
Bread and roses, Bread and Roses
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Bread and roses, bread and roses
"BREAD AND ROSES" is on the new album release ROADMAP available as a CD, as a digital download as part of discounted bundles.
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