Progress of "Emperor" A. J. Cook's "army" of 400 unemployed miners, marching from Newport, Wales, to London (TIME, Nov. 21):
Came the army to Swindon, footsore & weary. No luring damsels could entice the younger men away for a frolic; no Labor hosts could tempt the elders to a reception. Instead, the army lay on its back and practised the songs that it would sing passing through London. One, called the "Rebel Song," went:
Come, workers, sing a rebel song, A song of love and hate; Of love unto the lowly...
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