I first set these lyrics to the tune "When Jesus Wept"; a 4-part setting can be found in The Scarèd Harp. I later wrote an original tune.
1.
In twenty-nine the unemployed
would walk the streets or ride the rails
Today the cyber pavement's just
as tough when every job search fails
2.
Gone are the days of loyalty
between a worker and his boss
Your job is safe as corporate stock
the brass's gain becomes your loss
3.
Not age discrimination, but
"You're overqualified" they say
Which means too many hands reach out
to share your hours and your pay
4.
Some workers' loss is mourned in song:
The family farm of yesteryear,
The fishing boats, the small town mill.
Now who sings for the engineer?