B25 Mrs Clara Sullivan's Letter Songtext
von Pete Seeger

Dear Mr. Editor, if you choose
Please send me a copy of the labor news
I′ve got a son in the infantry
And he'd be mighty glad to see
That someone, somewhere, now and then
Thinks ′bout the lives of the mining men
In Perry County
In Perry County and thereabout
We miners simply had to go out
It was long hours, substandard pay
Then they took our contract away
Fourteen months is a mighty long time
To face the goons from the picket line
In Perry County
I'm twenty-six years a miner's wife
There′s nothing harder than a miner′s life
But there's no better man than a mining man
Couldn′t find better in all this land The deal they get is a rotten deal
Mountain greens and gravy meal
In Perry County
We live in barns that the rain comes in
The operators live high as sin
Ride Cadillac cars and drink like a fool
While our kids lack clothes to go to school
Sheriff Combs, he has it fine
He runs the law and owns a mine
In Perry County
What operator would go dig coal
For even fifty a day on the mine payroll?
Why, after work my man comes in
With his wet clothes frozen to his skin
Been diggin' coal so the world can run
And operators can have their fun
Of Perry County