As we go marching, marching
In the beauty of the day
A million darkened kitchens
A thousand mill lofts grayAre touched with all the radiance
That a sudden sun discloses
For the people hear us singing
Bread & roses, bread & rosesAs we go marching, marching
We battle too for men
For they are womens children
And we mother them againOur lives shall not be sweetened
From birth until life closes
Hearts starve as well as bodies
Give us bread but give us rosesAs we go marching, marching
We bring the greater days
For the rising of the women
Means the rising of the raceNo more the drudge and idler
Ten that toil where one reposes
But the sharing of lifes glories
Bread & roses, bread & roses
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