 Si se puede (Yes it can be done) |
| ©Linda Allen 1989 Si se puede, si se puede, Yes, it can be done None can deny you your dreams for your daughters and sons Si se puede, si se puede, it can be done None can deny you your dreams for your daughters and sons For the sake of this young girl, asparagus cutter, who rises at 3 To work in the fields before school and she sleeps when she can She comes home and she cares for her sisters and brothers 'til her parents return She'll fix supper and study, go off to her bed, then she'll do it again CHORUS For the sake of Manuel, who has worked in this valley for 20 long years He's picked and he's pruned, and he dreams of a farm that will someday be his And he knows what a worker sho toils on the land deserves to get by Respect and good wages, toilets, fresh water, a clean place to live For the sake of Tomas who has struggled for justice, a voice in the wind But he's kept the flame burning, 'til 2 become 3, then a thousand and more For the sake of Cesar, tho' the road has been long, he is walking again With the women and men in the union's great shadow that none can ignore For the sake of these workers with so many dreams who have marched many miles Through Yakima's orchards, Seattle's fine market, to Olympia's dome See the bright banners flashing, and a thousand-voiced choir praise the colors of earth And justice will reign and we'll reap the great harvest in our Washington home Notes: Written after visiting with members of the United Farmworkers of Washington, in Granger. The children of a farmworker family in Yakima also had much to teach me. |