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United Fruit
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Phil Ochs
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And the fruit boats ride on the waves,
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And the crew will dream of returning
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Back to the florida waters,
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For the work of unloading onto the trains.
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And the ships will dance by the shore,
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With fruit from venezuela, brazil and costa rica,
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But the fruit from the island of cuba
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Is carried no more.
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And on the decks it will lay,
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Picked by the hands of the peons
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At the lowest possible wages,
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While the profits are made by the strangers
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From far away.
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Now some will pick the fruit of the vine
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While others will go to the mountain
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And eat the fruit of the hillside
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And learn the way of the rifle,
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Wait for the time.
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Allianza dollars are spent
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To raise the towering buildings
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For the weary bones of the workers
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So they will be strong in the morning
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To go back again.
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Oh the companies keep a sharp eye
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And pay their respects to the army
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To watch for the hot-blooded leaders
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And be prepared for the junta to
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Crush them like flies.
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So heavy the price that they pay
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As daily the fruit it is stolen
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Over the blue carribean
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But the lengthening shadow of cuba
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Will hinder the way.
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(repeat 1st verse)
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