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!