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
- Workman’s Jubilee OdeSocial Democrat, February 1897
- Charity on the CheapJustice, October 25, 1884
- The Modern Guy FawkesThe Commonweal, November 5, 1887
- The Song of the RespectablesThe Commonweal, May 31, 1890
- The Making of the BruteThe Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, May 1910