"Rosa's Stew"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Bread and Roses" by James Oppenheim, set to music by Mimi Farina

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As we go marching, marching
To fight the noble fight
A band of angry women
Can work up an appetite

	All day long we've walked together
	Voices raised in songs of protest
	And we sing a little louder
	When the potluck is at Rosa's

As we go marching, marching
Singing songs of love and toil
In Rosa's cluttered kitchen
Something good is on the boil

	When marching makes us hungry
	There's one thought that sees us through
	Yes, it is bread we fight for
	What we crave is Rosa's stew

It's often said of Martha
That her sourdough never fails
But leave it out all April
And it gets a little stale

	When bread and hearts have hardened
	There is just one thing to do
	There's no crust that will not soften
	When it's dunked in Rosa's stew

Now, stew can be nutritious
But this is so much more
In it we have a foretaste
Of the world we're fighting for

	At Jane's pie and Sarah's salad
	We will not turn up our noses
	But for hungry souls and bellies
	There's no cooking quite like Rosa's