He stood five foot six and he had rotten teeth,
lots of time in his life he didn't get enough to eat,
he worked in the mines, down in the cold, cold ground,
but when he was here he made a big, big sound.
Said he wasn't going to fight no rich man's war,
said if he was going to fight, he'd fight for the poor,
and he didn't just talk it, no, that's the way that he lived,
so the government, you know, they did what they did.
He was Ginger Goodwin, the poor man's friend,
He was Ginger Goodwin, from Cumberland.
He didn't think a man should work more than eight hours a day,
and for those eight hours he should get fair pay,
he didn't think that anyone was anyone's slave,
and for those thoughts they put him away.
He had TB, the government said he couldn't fight,
but they sure changed their minds after that Trail strike,
but Ginger always said he was a pacifist,
there was no way in hell that he was going to enlist.
He was Ginger Goodwin, the poor man's friend,
He was Ginger Goodwin, from Cumberland.
He went back to Cumberland when the government came looking for him,
he headed up to the mountains, up by Comox Lake,
yeah, you know, they were going to find him,
but they were miners, hard men to take.
Along came Dan Campbell, a liar and a thief,
he was a perfect candidate for the Dominion Police.
He knew those woods well and he was a good shot,
and the thing about Dan Campbell he could be bought.
Ginger was coming down the path at the end of the day,
Dan Campbell was hiding behind a tree to blow him away,
he stepped right out and he shot him in the throat,
that's what a man gets for building hope.
They gunned down Ginger Goodwin, the poor man's friend,
they gunned down Ginger Goodwin, from Cumberland.
You can't just sit down and write songs like these. You have to wrestle with the angel first. Tyrella has done that- the proof is the songs on Albedo. He is a master songwriter. Rodney DeCroo
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