《A Piece of Ground》歌词

[00:00:12] When the white man first came here from over the seas

[00:00:21] He looked and he said this is God's own country

[00:00:36] He was mighty well pleased with this land that he'd found

[00:00:55] And he said I will make here my own piece of ground

[00:01:15] Now many's the battle he still had to fight

[00:01:33] Many's the family that died in the night

[00:02:00] For many were the black men that lived all around

[00:02:29] And all of them wanting their own piece of ground

[00:02:49] Then one fine day in 1883

[00:02:58] Gold was discovered in good quantity

[00:03:04] The country was rich much richer than planned

[00:03:12] And each digger wanted his own piece of land

[00:03:23] Now the white diggers were few and the gold was so deep

[00:03:35] That the black man was called 'cause his labor was cheap

[00:03:42] With drill and with shovel he toiled underground

[00:03:45] For six pennies a day to tender the ground

[00:04:00] Now this land is so rich and it seems strange to me

[00:04:14] That the black man whose labor has helped it to be

[00:04:21] Cannot enjoy the fruits that abound

[00:04:28] Is uprooted and kicked from his own piece of ground

[00:04:43] Some people say now don't you worry

[00:04:46] We've kept you a nice piece of reserve territory

[00:04:58] But how can a life for so many be found

[00:05:05] On a miserable thirty per cent of the ground

[00:05:19] Yet some people say now don't you worry

[00:05:28] You can always find jobs in the white man's city

[00:05:34] But don't stay too long and don't stay too deep

[00:05:42] Or you're bound to disturb the white man in his sleep

[00:05:56] White man don't sleep long and don't sleep too deep

[00:06:09] Or your life and your possessions how long will you keep

[00:06:16] For I've heard a rumor that's running around

[00:06:23] That the black man's demanding his own piece of ground

[00:06:38] His own piece of ground