Dick Gaughan - Workers' Song
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 14. 03. 2019
- Taken from the album "An Introduction to Dick Gaughan".
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This is for the Scottish miners who today had all convictions handed out during and after the strike of 1984 pardoned, solidarity you fought and remained strong during our hardest times. You never crossed the picket line and today right was done. â
Crazy it took so long.
And for those of us including me as a 20 year old student who stood with the miners to the end and now nearly 60 wouldn't change a thing.
Today the debate is about national ism and unionism
The reality is its about economics as always capitalism its powers and where it leaves ordinary care workers on 9 pound an hour
Abandoned by those swirling saltires who have nothing to say to workers in Carlisle involved in the same struggle
Amen solidarity workers around the world
Was the strike 84 or 74?
@@alphacarinae57 84
Workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains and a world to win.
You pinko fucks are still going to lose
Yes Yes Workers of the World unite
I'm 41 years old, been working since I was 13. I come from a working class family and my God this song resonates with me. Thank you, Mr. Gaughan. You keep good company with Woody Guthrie, Ralph McTell, Stan Rogers, and Ronnie Drew âđ€â€
Worker's of the world unite!! â
Brothers, don't let ourselves ever be dragged into war against each other again!
I came here thinking the same thing
I'm embarrassed to say that I have only just discovered the music of Dick Gaughan. I'm 67 years old, have I been sleeping under a mattress for 50 years. This musician is totally awesome. I play in a band and so I know a little bit about what is involved to be a musician. This man has more talent in his little finger than I have ever had. I am buying his CDs and loving everything about his songs, his guitar playing and his singing. Needless to say I am working class and I identify with Dick's songs especially this one.
Happy labor day ! Im a butcher by trade. Was once a soldier. This song always gets me !
I forgot who said it, but most forget the first people subjugated by the British Empire was the British working class. Perfect song.
Dick Gaughan,amongst others !
To true.
Sorry to be pedantic as a republican socialist I'd say its really the English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish working classes.
@@barrycross2585 aye .
@@rippedtorn2310 Is
I remember this song so vividly from when I was a boy. Dick's voice is mighty!
How is it I've never heard this song? It is a great labor song and I'm happy I've heard it. What a beautiful and strong voice. Thank you.
I heard this song once almost 40 years ago on a radio show in Boston and grabbed a bit of it on cassette which I lost many years ago. I found it again today and can now learn and perform it.
I'm here on the day following the return of Labor to government in Canberra. Dick Gaughan is a great companion whether in victory or defeat.
Love this song. Guitar is to die for!!!
Holy shit, I had NO idea that the Dropkick Murphys song of the same title was actually a cover of this guy, that's dope
Its a song written by Ed Pickford from Durham, an incredible songwriter.
@@JammieJohnny1 You are correct, but it's interesting to note that Ed Pickford gave the song to Dick Gaughan straight after he wrote it, Dick put it onto his "Handful of earth" LP in 1981, and a friend of one of the members of The Dropkick Murphies sent the CD (as is was by then) to them because they knew of their interest in Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and labour songs in general.
It was a dubbed cassette. Dave Wood of Pub City Royal and formerly TKO records gave it to them.
Completely correct Sir & all workers from wherever should stick together & not be so quick to lay down our lives to keep the topers on top.
what a tune
Stands alone for a good song!
Solidarity!
Written by Ed Pickford from County Durham, who also wrote The Oldest Swinger in Town.
This is one of the most beautiful and stirring songs I have ever heard, both in music and message.
Come all of you workers
Who toil night and day
By hand and by brain
To earn your pay
Who for centuries long past
For no more than your bread
Have bled for your countries
And counted your dead
In the factories and mills,
In the shipyards and mines
We've often been told
To keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed,
They've streamlined the job
And with sliderule and stopwatch
Our pride they have robbed
But when the sky darkens
And the prospect is war
Who's given a gun
And then pushed to the fore
And expected to die
For the land of our birth
Though we've never owned
One handful of earth?
We're the first ones to starve
The first ones to die
The first ones in line
For that
And always the last
When the cream is shared out
For the worker is working
When the fat cat's about
All of these things
The worker has done
From tilling the fields
To carrying the gun
We've been yoked to the plough
Since time first began
And always expected
To carry the can
pie in the sky
@@anomali23 i'm not the only one
It's for All Workers!
Always makes me think of the mills, the ones where the owners created their own village and shops, all owned by the owner at inflated prices, paid the mill workers in tokens for the village leaving them in continuous debt and work.
Love the sentiment of the song
Brilliant guitarist
What a fantastic voice, brilliant!
Solidarity forever!
Solidarity to all of my comrades. A massive red salute to all of you.
ow. shut up you communist.
Craxy that I have been listening to Dropkick Murphys version for 15 years but never knew the original!!!
I'd never heard of him, but......wow!!!!
Thank you Tom Cox!!âĄ
Who is this amazing musician? Great picking plus a voice that echoes Ewan MacColl.
One of the finest british/scottish musicians ever
Superb
Superb.
Is it just me or does anybody else feel like this is an anthem for Irish people. Itâs like there whole history
Dude Muffin it definitely is...
Or Scottish.
It is a tribute song to all workers. Dick Gaughan is a Socialist. So it is the anthem of the Irish worker, Scottish, worker, English worker, Welsh worker and so on and so on.
Definitely. Iâve always gotten that vibe from it. Itâs always represented my view of how our working class are treated.
He's Scottish but of Irish extraction (like many of us), so not far off. This is for workers though, not particularly any nationality.
I love the guitar playing , it really has the beauty of Andy Irvine, lovely music
Funny that....I thought it had the beauty of Dick Gaughan.
@@maxcuthbert100 Funny that....I thought Andy Irvine was the Scotland rugby team's Number 15 back in the day.
@@john-hl5tq Moonlighting,ya numpty !
Ah, yer all pished... cheers lads!
"For we've never owned one handful of earth". The next thing is to recompense those who were convicted for their lost earnings.
The Dropkick Murphy's do a great version of this đ
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I think Woody would have liked this.
Oliver Anthony, in my opinion, is carrying on his message.
This is harder to sing than a sign is to hold in the low ceilings of UoG.
This is for the people of Ukraine and Russia.
HAHAH
Not the British working class but England and the English people. The 'United Kingdom' followed. Then came the 'British' Empire.
Im a worker sonunds pathetic i wont work
Always Brilliant. Socialist Appeal
Pretty sure they shafted the Irish, Scottish and the Welsh .
Shrek on the mic.