Misc Traditional - Dump The Bosses Off Your Back

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dump the bosses off your back
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music : traditional praise hymn ( what a friend we have in jesus )
lyrics : john brill ( 1916 )
first published in the 9th edition ( joe hill memorial edition ) of the industrial
worker “little red songbook , ” march 1916 .
tabbed by : regicollis

D G
are you poor , forlorn and hungry?
D A
are there lots of things you lack?
D G
is your life made up of misery?
A D
then dump the bosses off your back .
A D
are your clothes all patched and tattered?
G D A
are you living in a shack?
D G
would you have your troubles scattered?
A D
then dump the bosses off your back .

are you almost split asunder?
loaded like a long – eared jack?
boob – why don’t you buck like thunder ,
and dump the bosses off your back?
all the agonies you suffer
you can end with one good whack;
stiffen up , you orn’ry duffer
and dump the bosses off your back .

third verse by anne feeney ( 2006 )

if you find your factory is closed down
are your neighbours all on crack?
buck , let me give you the low down :
dump the bosses off your back .
if you find your pension looted
are your buddies in iraq?
would you see the rascals booted?
dump the bosses off your back .