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First appearence, 36th edition.
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far from some- thing new. Sev-en years we had watched while our
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young were sac- ri - ficed, in be-wil - der- ment caught in the
ec - o-nom-ic vice. But now work - ing folk from the
steel works and the mines, heard from B H P. that
in these troub - led times their = jobs had to go for cost
cut- ting was the key and it was all for =the good of the
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you your pock-ets line, you've got a fight with the men = of Kem-
In the spring of the year of 1982,
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Unemployment and poverty were far from something new.
Seven years we had watched while our young were sacrificed,
In bewilderment caught in the economic vice.
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But now workingfolk from the steelworks and the mines,
Heard from B.H.P. that in these troubled times
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Their jobs had to go for cost-cutting was the key
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And it was ali for the good of the company.
Chorus
"Well we won' cop that!" said the ones inside the mine.
" You can' cut and run and say we're to blame this time.
We won' take the sack while you your pockets line,
You've got a fight with the men of Kemira."