Sunny Day in Green Bay

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Written by Stewart Acuff

Beautiful sunny day in Green Bay

Bound for Minneapolis today

Books to sell, some things to say

Tomorrow when I get to Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota Fats and pool land

Me and a truck driving partner and

Buddy almost won too many games one night

Turns out Rochester boys don’t like truck drivin’ trash takin’ their money

So we bought a round for everyone

Ate a bite

Got back on the road

Pushin’ that mechanical mule

With just another load.

© Creative Commons Copyright 2012

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Stewart Acuff is America’s best-known and foremost labor organizer. He is the former organizing Director of the AFL-CIO. Acuff has also written two books: Playing Bigger Than You Are: A Life in Organizing, and Getting America Back to Work, coauthored by Dr. Richard Levins.