Pete Seeger — There Is Mean Things Happening in This Land

There is mean things happening in this land There is mean things happening in this land But the Union's going on And the Union's growing strong There is mean things happening in this land On the eighteenth day of May The Union called a strike But planters and their bosses Throwed the people out of their shacks There is mean things happening in this land There is mean things happening in this land But the Union's going on And the Union's growing strong There is mean things happening in this land There is mean things happening in this land There is mean things happening in this land Oh, the rich man boasts and brags While the poor man goes in rags There is mean things happening in this land There is mean things happening in this land There is mean things happening in this land Too much cotton in our sacks So we have none on our backs There is mean things happening in this land There is mean things happening in this land There is mean things happening in this land To much groceries on the shelves So we have none for ourselves There is mean things happening in this land