Woody Guthrie — Suassos Lane

Goodbye, my comrades Goodbye, my north Plymouth Goodbye to the Boston harbor Goodbye, Suassos Lane Suassos Lane is just an alley Up here in old north Plymouth You saw my fish cart Roll here in Suassos Lane They say I killed him Said I killed the payroll carrier Over there in South Braintree Thirty-five miles from Suassos Lane My name is Lefevre Brini On the same day, Bart Vanzetti Brought fish to the Cherry Court One block from Suassos Lane My name is Joseph Rosen I am a woolen peddler I sold Vanzetti a roll of cloth That day in Suassos Lane I'm Mrs. Alphonsine Brini Mr. Rosen and Bart Vanzetti Showed me the cloth with big hole in it One block from Suassos Lane My name is Melvin Corl I's paintin' my fishin' schooner Vanzetti talked to me an hour About a mile from Suassos Lane How could I be in South Braintree Killin' men there in front of the fact'ry When all these friends and others saw me Cartin' my fish in Suassos Lane? I tell you workin' people Fight hard for higher wages Fight to kill blackmarket prices This is why you take my life I tell you workin' people Fight hard for cleaner houses Fight hard for the wife and children That's why they took my life Suassos Lane is just an alley Up here in old north Plymouth You saw my fish cart Roll here in Suassos Lane