I Have a Daughter

I HAVE A DAUGHTER

OF WHOM I AM EXTREMELY PROUD

WHEN IT WAS NOT POPULAR

OR FASHIONABLE



SHE SIDED WITH THE POOR

THE DISPOSSESSED

THE UNIMPORTANT



A WAR THAT WAS WRONG

DICTATORS

WHO WERE OUR FRIENDS

BUT NOT TO THEIR PEOPLE



GRAPE PICKERS

LETTUCE HARVESTERS

FARM WORKERS

MIGRANT LABOR

ANYTHING WHICH DEGRADED A MAN



CALLED A SAINT

IF SHE FED THE POOR

A COMMUNIST

IF SHE ASKED

WHY



THROUGH IT ALL SHE SANG

WE SHALL OVERCOME

THOUGH OFTEN IT SOUNDED

LIKE A LONELY VOICE

IN A LONELY PLACE



THOUGH THE BATTLE

IS FAR FROM OVER

WITH A BRIGHT DAWN COMING



WE CAN SAY

WE HAVE OVERCOME

AND WORK TO KEEP IT THAT WAY







FRANK A VOLLMER