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My Name Is Dessie Warren (Live)

from Speak Easy, Sing Hard by Alun Parry

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lyrics

Up and down the nation
He gave the workers strength and courage
Up and down the nation
He taught us to prevail
He fought for safer building sites
He argued for a pound an hour
He was so successful that they put him in the jail

Some workers leaders
They are sent to royal garden parties
Some workers leaders
Are sent to the House Of Lords
Some workers leaders
They are sent to jail they’re sent to prison
Which ones sold you down the river
Which ones fought your cause

The guard said whats your number boy
He said: My name is Dessie Warren
The guard said that’s your name you fool
Your number’s what I need
(And he said)
My name is Dessie Warren
Do you hear my name is Dessie Warren
The number it belongs to you
I’m only saying my name


The bosses and the Tory Party
Plotted to imprison Dessie
Labour came to power but
Still Dessie was not free
So don’t just point your finger at
The ones who framed him in the first place
Also at the scoundrels who clung on to the key

The guard said whats your number boy
He said: My name is Dessie Warren
The guard said that’s your name you fool
Your number’s what I need
And he said
My name is Dessie Warren
Do you hear my name is Dessie Warren
The number it belongs to you
I’m only saying my name

Dessie Warren he refused to take the label of a criminal
So they branded him awkward to be broken and denied
They drugged him and infected him with chemicals and tranquilisers
The bastards went and killed him cos he dared to take our side

The guard said whats your number boy
He said: My name is Dessie Warren
The guard said that’s your name you fool
Your number’s what I need
And he said
My name is Dessie Warren
Do you hear my name is Dessie Warren
The number it belongs to you
I’m only saying my name

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from Speak Easy, Sing Hard, released December 18, 2023

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Alun Parry Liverpool, UK

Known as the UK's Woody Guthrie, Alun Parry's music is uplifting, soul stirring, defiant, and tons of fun!

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