Good one, Gene, but I was refering to the nineteenth century labor song "Bread and
Roses."  It was the hook of a song sung by laboring women who said they were
fighting not just for bread, but for roses too--as in more than basic subsistence.
If I could remember all the lyrics, I would put them down here......maggie coleman

Eugene Coyle wrote:

> War of the Roses again?
>
>     I'm betting on York.
>
> Gene Coyle
>
> Margaret Coleman wrote:
>
> > Bread and Roses?? maggie
> >
> > Jim Devine wrote:
> >
> > > checking out the British Labour Party on the web, they seem to have dropped
> > > the red flag as their symbol (replacing it with a red rose -- with thorns?)
> > > but not the red flag anthem.
> > >
> > > Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine


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