Show THE ah T I 1 wa AB NG MEN va sll 6 anvill vl imbe carleton 0 0 are the laboring genf men ay we ive are the laboring men we the muscle of the tribes arid and lands with sun trod irod faces and horn gloved hands with well patched garments garment v stained and coarse with untrained voices heavy and hoarse who brave the death of the noontide heats who mow the meadows and pave the streets who push the plow by the smooth faced sod or climb the crags with a well filled hod yes we are the laboring men the genuine laboring men and each somewhere tn in the stormy sky kas has a sweet love star bo be it low or high jr pride have we to do and dare and a heart have we to cherish arid and care and power have we for loso lose our brawn and where were your flourishing cities goner or bind our hands or fetter our feet and what would the gaunt world find to eat eata F Aye where were your gentry chent j for we are the laboring merit t 6 V oare the laboring genf men we are the laboring men i we of the iron and waterway whom fire and steam and tide obey who stab the sea with a prow of oak who not blot the sky with a cloud of smoke who bond bend the breezes unto our wills and feed the looms and hurry the mills who oft have the lives of a thousand known if in the hissing valves that hold our own yes we are the laboring men the genuine laboring men and though a coat coal may a button lack and though a face be sooty and black A and nd though the words be heavy of flow and new called thoughts come tardy and slow and though rough words its in a speech may blend A hearts a heart arid and a friends a friend and power have we but for our skill the wave nave would drown and the sea would kill A and nd where were your gentry then F aye we are the laboring men I 1 virbo WHO are the laboring genf 1 we are vic the laboring men we who stand in the ranks of trade and count the tallies allies that toil has made who guard the coffers of wealth untold and ford the streams of glistening gold who send the train ors on its breathless trips and rear the buildings and sail the ships and though our coats be a trifle fine and though our diamonds flash arid and shine yet we are the laboring men the genuine laboring men we bolt the gates gaies of the angry seas we keep the nations granary keys the routes of trade behave we I 1 hm built and planned are veins of life to a hungry land and power have we in our peaceful strife for a nations trade is a nations nai ions life and take the sails of our commerce in where were your artisans pails of tint aye where were your laborers thersa for weare the laboring men anent are the laboring ment we are the laboring men we of the mental toil and strain who ava astill still the body and lash the brain who ava wield ofield our pen when the worlds asleep and plead with mortals to laugh or weep who bind the wound and plead the cause who preach the sermons and make the laws who man the stage for the listening throng and fight the devils of shame arid and wrong yes we are the laboring men the genuine laboring men and though our hands be small and white and though our flesh be tender and light and though our music be soft arid and low our red blood sluices are swift of flow weve power to kindle passions fire with the flame of rage and fell desire or quell with soothing words arid and arts the throbs of grief the leaping hearts arid and who shall question then that we are the laboring motif WITO are not the laboring ment riot not the laboring men they who arce creep in dens arid and lanes to rob their betters of honest gains the rich who stoop to devour the poor the tramps who beg from door to door the rogues who love a dark darkened cited sky arid and steal arid and rob arid and cheat and lie the loafing and senseless bloats who drain their pockets to wet their throats not the laboring men the genuine laboring men arid and all true hearts that the price would give for honest joy and a right to live and every soul to truth alive willing to thrive and let others thrive should rise with a true arid and steady hand and mark these foes with a villain brand and shame them into the ranks of toil or crush them under their kindred soil away from the laboring men the genuine laboring men f aa C 01 aki ass egl |