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Since 1973, Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner have brought their unique sound and remarkable versatility to audiences everywhere, featuring traditional and vintage Americana to contemporary and stirring original compositions.
With two strong voices in harmony and superb instrumental arrangements, their sound is powerful and moving. Award-winning recording artists, singers, songwriters, musical historians, playwrights, actors and social activists, Terry and Greg are proud to be, as Pete Seeger said of them, “…more links in the chain”, dedicating their lives and music to leaving this world a better place.
We’re thirty days out from the port of Tacoma For New Caledonia we’re bound
On an old hulk square-rigger, the Star of Russia But she’ll ne’er again sail Puget sound
For she’s seen her day, now they’ve sold her away Under sail it’s her last long trip
No longer at large, stripped down for a barge Tomorrow she’ll be no tall ship
Chorus:
And it’s salt cod and poor old Dobbin Who pulled that old “one-hoss shay” Horse meat so tough it chews like leather And ancient pork fat every day.
Fellow workers back home loaded her down with lumber A million board feet, we were told
Handsome profit for someone on Washington timber When it’s delivered and sold
But the dollars are few for us laboring crew
Hard life on these endless waves
Weak mind and strong back’s what they pay you for, Jack To them we are nothing but slaves
Our cook hasn’t bathed since the birth of the Savior So the galley gives off quite a stink
With the smell of the horse meat, the pig fat and fish It’ll drive a poor sailor to drink
Hard work night and day, and a pittance for pay And we’re livin’ like rats down below
So we all got wise, and we organized
Now we won’t be their slaves anymore
Chorus
We wrote our demands and took them to the skipper
Fair treatment and uniform scale
He called, “Cast off lines!” and with arms crossed we stood Sayin, “Agree, or the Russia won’t sail!”
So he had to choose, but how could we lose? What else could he do but give in?
It paid to rebel, now they treat us quite well, Each worker says, “I Will Win!”
Chorus
So the captain he called in the handsome young mess boy Askin’, “Are you a double-U, son?
You’d best keep clear of those double-U’s young man, They make trouble for everyone.”
But the boy raised his head, to the skipper he said, Standin’ so brave and tall,
“When all is done, an injury to one
Is an injury to us all!”
Last chorus:
Now we’re Wobblies and sea-farin’ rebels For all each one of us stood
No longer their slaves when we stand together Our union delivers the goods
One big union delivers the goods!
Chorus
The James Connolly Upstate NY IWW branch is a union for all workers based in NY. Musicians and other workers wishing to
organize can find us here upstatenyiww.wordpress.com/contact/
Our benefit album is out May 31st. Support our organizing workers!...more
Beautifully played and full of moving vocal performances, the Bay Area singer/songwriter's latest is a stellar work of art. Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 3, 2023
