Only a Man in Overalls

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 301, 6 December 1922, Page 6

Only a Man in Overalls

Only a man in overalls—-lay Mm anywhere— '. ' Send for the company's doctor,' wo Have no iirae to spare; Only a little uiissiire, only a miner . crushed, Put another one on, for from dark till dawn The smelter must he rushed. Only another widow under another s roof, . ■ Only another victim beneath the iron : hoof, Only a r batch of orphans> and thus - the drama ends; ■'Just let them go, with their anguish and woe, So we make our dividends. Only a man in overalls —a very good xnau as a rule—■ But a man .with us is rated as a farmer rates a mule; One is as good as the other, but the lons-eared slave's the best; He's a little rougher, decidedly tougher And doesn't need half the rest. Only a man in overalls —bury him anywhere— The burleigh is boring, the furnace is roaring— • We have no time to" spare; Let the tears of the> widow fall on his worthless clay, . To h —l with the orphan, to h—l with the man, To li—l with the judgment day. --Frank Aley, in the "Miners' Magazine."