Annie Lanzillotto at IAWA
Annie Lanzillotto at IAWA
Annie Lanzillotto breathing fire on Leadbelly chords at iawa at Cornelia Street Cafe, near Our Lady of Pompei Church on Bleecker St
WHERE DID YOU WORK LAST NIGHT
music Leadbelly © 1963 renewed,
lyrics Annie Lanzillotto © 2010
Em Am G
Girls Girls, Teenage Immigrants
B7 Em
Tell me where did you work last night?
Somebody tell me. C’mon Rose! Sarah! Daisy!
E Am G
Washington and Greene, In the factory
B7 Em
Where the door kept locked by greed.
Em Am G
O Girls Girls! Teenage Immigrants
B7 Em
Tell me where did you go in the fire?
Tessie! Caterina! Antonietta! Somebody tell me
E Am
I jumped to the street
G
Where my bones and concrete meet.
B7 Em
The sewer, my blood runs through.
Em Am G
Girls O! Girls! Teenage Immigrants
B7 Em
Tell me of your New York Dreams.
Rosaria! Celia! Annie! Somebody Tell me!
E
Well I ran from poverty, persecution, misery.
We were starving, needed a buck,
Am
I got on the boat to try my luck.
G
Made it cross the sea!
To the wave of Liberty!
E
Worked the Triangle Factory
Am
in the Garment Industry!
G E
Where amber waves of the flame caught me!
E Am
So I dove for the sky
Broken window promises
G
Spring air!
B7 Em
I prayed, “New York City! Catch me!”
Em Am G
Oh Girls Girls! Teenage Immigrants
B7 Em
Tell me, how burning hot is greed?
C’mon and tell me! Sadie! Lina! Josie! Margaret!
E Am
Well, our breath caught the fire,
G
Hair and lace, the flames,
B7 Em
And Cinders! Became our names!