(c letter from a quarry miner, February 1932,
To his mother back in Scandinavia,
When he lost his job as foreman of the crew),
“We are strong and we are proud, we are learning, to live without,
We tread a little softer on the newborn day,
cnd sing the credo when we pray:
USE IT UP
WEcR IT OUT
McKE DO
OR DO WITHOUT”.
(Couldn't feed his family,
Couldn't buy the clothes he needed,
Couldn't even find the humblest employment,
Standing hours in a line
for a day
-
old loaf of bread),
“We are strong and we are proud, we are learning, to live without,
We tread a little softer on the newborn day,
cnd sing the credo when we pray:
USE IT UP
WEcR IT OUT
McKE DO
OR DO WITHOUT”.
“Your bridges there in Boston,
Your building there in Maryland,
Made of granite from us Northern people,
Quarried by the hands of me and all my men,
We are strong and we are proud, we are learning, to live without,
We tread a little softer on the newborn day,
cnd sing the credo when we
pray:
USE IT UP
WEcR IT OUT
McKE DO
OR DO WITHOUT.

Letter From c Quarry Miner LYRICS.docx
I worry for my family,
I wonder bout those coming after me
If they find themselves in ruination,
Remember these words of wisdom:
“We are strong and we are proud, we are learning, to live without,
We
tread a little softer on the newborn day,
cnd sing the credo when we pray:
USE IT UP
WEcR IT OUT
McKE DO
OR DO WITHOUT