"Help me identify a labor song" Topic
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 John the OFM  | 18 Apr 2009 11:06 a.m. PST |
I think I heard the Kingston Trio, or Pete Seeger, or some other suspect Wobblie (  ) sing it… It is a song about a man bragging about building all of the World's great structures. I think the Grand Coulee Dam is one of them.
The refrain is "And that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever done!" I think. "I was straw boss on the pyramids….
…And that's about the biggest thing that man has ever done!" I thought about this when someone accused me of being around when the Carthaginians were at their height, and thus shoule know what their skin color was.
I wasn't there. Patton was. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 18 Apr 2009 11:23 a.m. PST |
Your Google-fu is weak: link |
| Mike G | 18 Apr 2009 12:49 p.m. PST |
Woody Guthrie wrote the piece. – Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done YouTube link Mike |
| John the OFM | 18 Apr 2009 12:58 p.m. PST |
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| mweaver | 18 Apr 2009 2:37 p.m. PST |
Never heard it before, so thanks. |
| Klebert L Hall | 18 Apr 2009 2:47 p.m. PST |
Wow, a labor song! That must be about the epitome of toughness, to be able to sing while giving birth. -Kle. |
| Sane Max | 20 Apr 2009 4:51 a.m. PST |
My Wife sang as she squeezed. I don't recall the tune – something like the theme tune to The Simpsons Halloween special. The Lyrics were 'You ever touch me again with that thing it's coming OFF' Pat |
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