{"id":473,"date":"2013-07-14T09:02:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T13:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=473"},"modified":"2018-02-26T10:02:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:02:58","slug":"four-pounds-a-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=473","title":{"rendered":"Four Pounds A Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being an active member of the proletariat I am a fan of unions and thus union songs.\u00a0 While this one is a bit mischievous and a tale of the workers eager to take advantage of the system, it is no worse and indeed less offensive than what the 1% does to us as people and as a nation.\u00a0 Its origins date to the very end of the 18th<\/sup> century when it was called \u201cFour Pence A Day\u201d and was essentially a protest ballad regarding the miners \u2013 lead, iron, &c;\u00a0 Ewan MacColl collected this early version from a John Gowland of Teesdale, Yorkshire, England in 1947 who attributed it to Thomas Raine also of Teesdale, but examples survive that are much older.\u00a0 This version that Cliff performs comes from the singing of Stan Kelly and Eric Winter.<\/p>\n

Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n

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The rain is falling on the site the tea’s upon the brew
\nWe’re siting on our arseholes with bugger all to do
\nOutside our picks and shovels lads they slowly rust away
\nWe’re rained on and contented on four pounds a day<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Four pounds a day, me lads and nothing much to do<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 No trouble from the foreman, he’s in the union, too<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 Some want the rain to go to Spain, we want the rain to stay<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 We’re rained on and contented on four pounds a day<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s early in the morning, we start at ten o’clock
\nWe search the skies impatiently, bejays I felt a drop
\nThe can lads are on bonus and each brew means better pay
\nWe’re rained on and contented on four pounds a day<\/p>\n

So Freddie get the cards out, the racing page as well
\nAnd as for the contractors, we hope they go to Hell
\nIt looks as if the rain’s set in, we shan’t do much today
\nWhat matter if on Friday, we all draw our pay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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