The Soup Song (My Bonnie)

Words by Maurice Sugar, melody traditional ("My Bonnie")
Rise Up Singing chapter: Rich and Poor, p.186
Written "during the avalance of sit-down strikes in 1937" (R.U.S., p.186)

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I'm spending my nights in the flop house
I'm spending my days on the street
I'm looking for work and I find none
I wish I had something to eat
Soup, soup, they gave me a bowl of soup (2x)

I spent fifteen years in the factory
I did everything I was told...