My Children are Seven in Number Pete Seeger

My children are seven in number
We have to sleep four in a bed
I'm striking with my fellow workers
To get them more clothes and more bread

Shoes, shoes, we're striking for pairs of shoes
Shoes, shoes, we're striking for pairs of shoes

Pellagra is cramping my stomach
My wife is sick with TB
My babies are starving for sweet milk
Oh there's so much sickness for me

Milk, milk, we're striking for gallons of milk
Milk, milk, we're striking for gallons of milk

I'm needing a shave and a haircut
But barbers I cannot afford
My wife cannot wash without soapsuds
And she had to borrow a board

Soap, soap, we're striking for bars of soap
Soap, soap, we're striking for bars of soap

My house is a shack on the hillside
It's floors are unpainted and bare
I haven't a screen to my windows
And carbide cans do for a chair