Pharoh Doesn't Pay
(By Mary Ann Barrows Wark, “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”)
I’ve been working on these buildings;
Pharaoh doesn’t pay.
I’ve been doing what he tells me
Like making bricks from clay.
Can’t you hear the master calling,
“Hurry up, make a brick!”
Can’t you feel the master hurt me
Until I’m feeling sick.
Oh is this a mess,
Oh is this a mess,
Oh is this a mess, for Jews, for Jews.
Oh is this a mess,
Oh is this a mess,
Oh is this a mess for Jews.
Someone’s in the palace with Pharaoh –
Someone’s in the palace we know, ow, ow, ow,
Someone’s in the palace with Pharaoh –
Does he know they treat us so?
Keep singing work, work, work all day,
Work all day and then some mo –ore,
Work, work, work all day –
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