Name: Downtrodden
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: Northamptonshire (Northampton in particular) is famous for its shoe industry. Its faced many challenges over the years, not least from Mechanisation. This is our take on the theme. We wonder if you can spot another story going on?

Downtrodden

from Fortune and Folly by Crybb

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Northamptonshire (Northampton in particular) is famous for its shoe industry. Its faced many challenges over the years, not least from Mechanisation. This is our take on the theme. We wonder if you can spot another story going on?

lyrics

They speak to me like i'm something
On the bottom of their shoe
So i'll unroll my clickers pouch
and do what I can do.

Foreman says that i'm top man
Fine patterns can I cut
My finest hour, he'll never see
The workshop doors locked shut

Chorus
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't get up soon
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't get up soon

I whistle high, I whistle low
I whistle while I stitch
My fingers bleed, my eyes they ache
This working life's a bitch!

Chorus
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't get up soon
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't get up soon

Soon they'll come and shut us down
They'll take the trade from me
No-one needs a working man
When machines will work for free

Chorus
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't get up soon
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't get up soon

Stretch and smooth and pull it tight
Needle, awl and thread
I was downtrodden all my life
I'll rise up 'fore i'm dead!

Chorus
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't kick back soon
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't kick back soon

I lace the shoes with my own hands
Still shining with my sweat
And every step and stride I take
I see her silouette

Chorus
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't kick back soon
Downtrodden in the morning
Downtrodden in the noon
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i don't kick back soon
Downtrodden, Downtrodden
I'll always be downtrodden
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i dont kick back soon
Downtrodden, Downtrodden
I'll always be downtrodden
I'll be downtrodden all my life
If i dont kick back soon

credits

from Fortune and Folly, released March 6, 2019
Inspiration from a little known tune 'The cordwainers March'

words and whistle - Kate Beresford
arrangement/guitar by Gary Painting.

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