Song Description

Story song from Great Depression

Lyrics

DAISY'S SONG words & music Sue Nikas


Don't speak bad of Mexicans to me
We came to California, back in thirty-three
We worked in the fields and lived out of a truck
We left Arkansas, out of hope and out of luck
We worked and we starved in the land of the free
Don't speak bad of Mexicans to me


We got so sick, that we were near to dying
Ma was so weak, us kids were all crying
Pa worked with a Mexican who saw our situation
He brought us help from his friends and relations
They nursed us and saved us, like we were family
Don't speak bad of Mexicans to me

Those times are long, I'm in the twilight of my life
I've known good love as a mother and a wife
But I still remember nineteen thirty-three
And the love that was shown to my family,
So when you want to spout all your bigotry
Don't speak bad of Mexicans to me