We British workmen, so they say,
Are free; and who can doubt it?
For, if we do not like our pay,
We’re free—to go without it.
Unlike the helpless negro slave.
Our tyrant-driven brother,
If one employer prove a knave,
We’re free—to find another.
The Labour Leader, May 26, 1894, p. 5
More Verses by Henry Salt
- Wealth and WantJustice, August 8, 1885
- Workmen’s SongJustice, February 7, 1885
- Hymn of ThanksgivingJustice, December 29, 1900
- Bob Anderson, My BeauJustice, January 11, 1908
- Mr Facing Both WaysThe Vegetarian News, 1925