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Nobody goes to work today!We'll shut the factories down! When the sun rose next,the city had split in half. From all over New York they came: Ironworkers, factory boys,street cleaners... Irish, Polish, German... anyone who never caredabout slavery or the Union... anyone who couldn't buy his way out. "Let the sons of the richgo and die", they cried. "Let the sons of the poor stay home." The earth was shaking now. But I was about my father's business
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Nobody goes to work today We'll shut the factories down
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When the sun rose next the city had split in half
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From all over New York they came
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Ironworkers factory boys street cleaners
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Irish Polish German
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anyone who never cared about slavery or the Union
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anyone who couldn't buy his way out
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Let the sons of the rich go and die they cried
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Let the sons of the poor stay home
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The earth was shaking now
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But I was about my father's business
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Movie Summary
In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.