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Thank You, Frances Perkins

from Crossroads of Galahad by Austin Moffa

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I was never a very good student in history, but a few years back when I was feeling particularly bad about the state of the world I became obsessed with the great depression and the new deal. I started reading a book (The New Deal by Michael Hiltzik) and for the first time in my life came across the name and works of Frances Perkins, and ever since I've held her as a bit of a hero in my mind. (As dangerous as it is to have heroes.) Anyhow, I found it strange that in the years of history classes and holidays and figures we get bombarded with that Perkins is seemingly relegated to the sidelines when the policies she fought for are still the backbone of our labor rights and social services. I hope this song does her at least a little bit of justice.

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Everybody listen up, I'll sing you a song
about a real hero more people need to know
but by the end one thing will be for certain
you'll all know the name of Frances Perkins

she was Secretary of Labor for FDR
she oversaw the new deal, organized during the war
she helped forge unions and the laws to make'em strong
thank you Frances Perkins for all the things you've done

when Roosevelt first asked about her policies
she said I'll fight for a minimun wage and social security
I'll help the unemployed and implement fair labor standards
Perkins was no doubt, a good friend to labor

and so she got the children out of factories and mines
she made sure the unemployed could afford to survive
a 40 hour work week, the social security system
even though folks cried "this is socialism"

and for 12 years she served, though she fought her whole life
from her birth in 1880 until the end in '65
we never will forget the way you eased the peoples' plight
Thank you Frances Perkins, we will carry on your fight

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from Crossroads of Galahad, released May 3, 2021
Guitar and Vocals - Austin Moffa
Written by - Austin Moffa

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Austin Moffa Fairfax, Virginia

Austin Moffa is a musician based out of Fairfax, VA. He has previously released 10 industrial/ambient albums under the pseudonym "ROZKOL". Moffa was born and grew up in a small Pennsylvanian town along the Allegheny Mountain Range.

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