A vote in the Laws they make!
A home in the land I till!
Where the hearts of the many break,
The cup of the few to fill.
By the right of their laws I pine:
But what are their laws to me?
For I live by right divine,
And that’s the right to be free.
A home in my native isle!
A share in the wealth I heap!
Where the rich in their revels smile,
And the poor in their anger weep.
We weep, we weep, we weep, in want and
thrall!
They laugh, they laugh, they laugh, in tower
and hall!
The strength that in numbers lies,
Each hour is making known!
Pioneers of the truth! arise!
And you shall not be left alone!
We’ll scatter their knavish rule
Like a prisoned storm set free,
Till tyrant, and tyrant’s tool,
Have vanished from sea to sea!
A home in my native isle!
A share in the wealth I heap!
Where the rich in their revels smile,
And the poor in their anger weep!
We know, we know, we know, the time has
come!
They fear-they fear-they fear-approaching
doom!
At the word of the cruel few,
The clouds of the battle frown.
But, long as the many are true,
We’ll say let the storm come down!
And on as the masses sweep,
Our cry shall meet them still:
“A share in the wealth we heap!
A home in the land we till!”
A home in my native isle,
A share in the wealth I heap,
Then the rich, if they like, may smile,
But the poor shall cease to weep.
Awake! awake! awake! each slumbering
slave!
Unite! unite! unite! ye ready brave.
(Ernest Jones)
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