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The Brandos
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The Triangle Fire (Live)
In 1909 from Donegal's
shore I sailed to Old New York Town
In the harbour Lady Liberty stands
I don't believe I'll again see dear Auld Ireland
But the promise in these city streets
is so grand, and it's there I'd wed my dear sweet lass
A bricklayer's spade my trade to be
and she slaved in the Triangle Shirt Factory
My God, the dreadful conditions there
they toiled through dim light and stifling air
And grueling hours the seamstress gave
to the industrial captains, for a trifling wage
Though two years passed, we saw no change
And I grieved for my love's dark misery
Then word ran through the New York streets
there's a fire at the Triangle Shirt Factory
T'was only moments, and the factory surrendered to flames
and the fire escapes soon gave way
In the windows huddled girls appeared
flames licked at their backs, their faces gripped with fear
'My God, don't jump' came the fireman's roar
whose ladders failed to reach the top floors
A last shared glance, and final embrace
they leaped to their tragic, amd senseless fates
Now I scream at the sky, there's got to be a reason why
Bewildered and grieved, I'm tangled and mired
My love is gone, oh, the Triangle fire
The world is so cold, desperate and dire
I've lost everything in the Triangle fire
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There was no reason, there was no right
and no law, to save us from this crime at all
The owner's trial did reveal
that the girls were locked in, the doors had all been sealed
'My God, they've gone free' came our hopeless cry
The bosses won, with their lawyers and lies
The power and greed again prevailed
We were left with our sorrow, to our despair
Now I scream at the sky, there's got to be a reason why
Bewildered and grieved, I'm tangled and mired
My love is gone, oh, the Triangle fire
The world is so cold, desperate and dire
I've lost everything in the Triangle fire
I fear the future, I can imagine the time when our cityscape will touch the sky
Will men of faith, of wealth and power
spare their people a fate like the Triangle fire?
'My God, forgive me', these men will cry
in their final hour as they lay dying
When their victims' ghosts close in around
God alone may forgive their indifference now
Now I scream at the sky, there's got to be a reason why
Bewildered and grieved, I'm tangled and mired
My love is gone, oh, the Triangle fire
The world is so cold, desperate and dire
I've lost everything in the Triangle fire
I've lost everything in the Triangle fire
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