There once was a union maid
She never was afraid
Of the goons and the ginks and company finks
And the deputy sheriffs who made the raid
She went to the union hall
When a meeting it was called
And when the company boys came round
She always stood her ground
[refrain]
Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union
I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union
Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union
I'm sticking to the union
till the day I die
This union maid was wise
To the tricks of the company spies
She could never be fooled by a company stool
She'd always organize the guys
She'd always get her way
When she asked for better pay
She'd show her card to the Company Guard
And this is what she'd say
[refrain] Oh, you can't scare me...
Now you girls who want to be free
take a little tip from me
Get you a man who's a union man
And join the Ladies Auxiliary
Married life ain't hard
When you've got a union card
And a union man has a happy life
When he's got a union wife
[refrain] Oh, you can't scare me...
Oh the Ladies Auxiliary
Is a good Auxiliary
It's the best Auxiliary that you ever did see
If you need an Auxiliary
See the Ladies Auxiliary
Union Maid - Pete Seeger: a cloze exercise
Peter "Pete" Seeger è una icona della musica folk americana; membro de The Weavers, fu nella lista nera durante l'era McCarthy. Nel 1960 riemerse sulla scena pubblica come figura di spicco della musica di protesta. Questa ballata è uno degli "inni" del sindacalismo americano. Words and Verbs to insert:
afraid = impaurita -- ain't= non è -- always = sempre -- asked = chiedeva -- came = arrivavano -- card= tessera -- fooled = ingannata -- free = libere -- get= trovatevi -- ginks = strambi -- girls= ragazze -- ground = posizione -- guard= vigilante -- hall = sala -- happy= felice -- join= aderite -- meeting= assemblea -- once = una volta -- organize = organizzava -- raid= incursione -- sheriffs= sceriffi -- spies = spie -- stool = sgabello -- tip= consiglio -- tricks= trucchi -- 've got= avete -- what = ciò che -- who's = che sia -- wife= moglie -- wise = saggia
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