Childrens Bread
Jimmy Cliff
[Intro] [Chorus] They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs Makin’ so many people lives so hard [Verse 1] Now while those cats get fat in came all the rats Stole away the cheese and doing as they please Jack Spratt ate all the fat his wife ate all the lean And so between the both you see they licked the platter clean so [Chorus] They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs Makin’ so many people lives so hard [Verse 2] Now there’s a gathering on Main Street shuffling on Wall Street To a new drum beat turning up the heat now Now the weak get strong singing a new song Time has come for us to right the wrong and so [Chorus] They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs oh Makin’ so many people lives so hard we’re singin’ [Instrumental] [Outro] They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs They took the children’s bread and give it to the dogs Makin’ so many people lives so hard hey Makin’ so many people lives so hard hey Makin’ so many people lives so hard