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Fraser River
01:57
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fellow workers pay attention
to what i'm gonna mention
for it is the fixed intention
of the workers of the world
that we should all be ready
true hearted, brave, and steady
to rally round our standard
when the red flag is unfurled
where the fraser river flows
each fellow worker knows
they have bullied and oppressed us,
but still our union grows
and we're gonna find a way, folks,
shorter hours and higher pay, folks,
and we're gonna win the day, folks,
where the fraser river flows!
all these gunny-sack contractors
have all been dirty actors
they're not our benefactors
each fellow worker knows
so we gotta stick together
in fine or dirty weather
and we'll show no white feather
where the fraser river flows
where the fraser river flows
each fellow worker knows
they have bullied and oppressed us,
but still our union grows
and we're gonna find a way, folks,
shorter hours and higher pay, folks,
and we're gonna win the day, folks,
where the fraser river flows!
now the boss to law is stretching
bulls and pimps he's fetching
and they're a fine collection
as jesus only knows
but why their mothers reared them
and why the devil spared them
are questions we can't answer
where the fraser river flows
where the fraser river flows
each fellow worker knows
they have bullied and oppressed us,
but still our union grows
and we're gonna find a way, folks,
shorter hours and higher pay, folks,
and we're gonna win the day, folks,
where the fraser river flows!
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would you have freedom from wage slavery
then join the grand industrial band
would you from misery and hunger be free
come on, do your share, lend a hand
but there is power, there is power in a band of workin folks
when we stand hand in hand
that's a power, that's a power that must rule in every land
one industrial union grand
would you have mansions of gold in the sky
and live in a shack that's away in the back
would you have wings up in heaven to fly
and starve here with rags on your back
but there is power, there is power in a band of workin folks
when we stand hand in hand
that's a power, that's a power that must rule in every land
one industrial union grand
so if you like sluggers to beat in your head
then don't organize, all unions despise
if you want nothin before you are dead
shake hands with your boss and look wise
for there is power, there is power in a band of workin folks
when we stand hand in hand
that's a power, that's a power that must rule in every land
one industrial union grand
so come all you workers from every land
come join the grand industrial band
then we our share of this earth shall demand
come on do your share lend a hand
for there is power, there is power in a band of workin folks
when we stand hand in hand
that's a power, that's a power that must rule in every land
one industrial union grand
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3. |
The Popular Wobbly
02:04
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they go wild, simply wild over me
though i've never done them harm that i can see
i'm as gentle as a lamb, but they take me for a ram
they go wild, simply wild over me
well the cop, he went wild over me
and he held his gun where everyone could see
he was breathin rather hard when he saw my union card
he went wild, simply wild over me
then the judge, he went wild over me
and i plainly saw we never could agree
so i let the man obey what his conscience had to say
he went wild, simply wild over me
then the jailer went wild over me
well he locked me up, he threw away the key
oh it seemed to me the rage to keep me in a cage
he went wild, simply wild over me
now they go wild, simply wild, over me
i'm referring to the bedbug and the flea
oh they murmur in my sleep, they disturb my slumber deep
they go wild, simply wild over me
will the roses grow wild over me?
when i've gone into the land that is to be?
when my soul and body part, in the stillness of my heart
will the roses grow wild over me?
well then god he went wild over me
when i knelt beside the throne on bended knee
when the angels heard me yell, they shot me down to hell
where they went wild, simply wild over me
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4. |
The Commonwealth of Toil
02:31
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in the gloom of mighty cities midst the roar of whirling wheels
we are toiling on like feudal serfs of old
and our masters hope to keep us ever thus beneath their heels
and to coin our very lifeblood into gold
but we have a glowing dream of how fair the world will seem
when each one can live their life secure and free
when the earth is owned by labor and there's joy and peace for all
in the commonwealth of toil that is to be
they would keep us cowed and beaten, cringing meekly at their feet
they would stand between each worker and their bread
shall we yield our lives up to them for the bitter crust we eat
shall we only hope for heaven when we're dead
but we have a glowing dream of how fair the world will seem
when each one can live their life secure and free
when the earth is owned by labor and there's joy and peace for all
in the commonwealth of toil that is to be
they have laid our lives out for us til the utter end of time
shall we stagger on beneath their heavy load
shall we let them live forever in their gilded halls of crime
with our children doomed to toil beneath their goad
but we have a glowing dream of how fair the world will seem
when each one can live their life secure and free
when the earth is owned by labor and there's joy and peace for all
in the commonwealth of toil that is to be
when our cause is all triumphant and we claim our mother earth
and the nightmare of the present fades away
we shall live with love and laughter, we who now are little worth
and we'll not regret the price we had to pay
but we have a glowing dream of how fair the world will seem
when each one can live their life secure and free
when the earth is owned by labor and there's joy and peace for all
in the commonwealth of toil that is to be
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5. |
Solidarity Forever
03:47
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when the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run
there can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun
yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one?
but the union makes us strong
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
for the union makes us strong
is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite
who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might?
is there anything left to us but to organize and fight?
for the union makes us strong.
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
for the union makes us strong
it is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade
dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid
now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made
but the union makes us strong.
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
for the union makes us strong
all the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone
we have laid the wide foundations; built it skyward stone by stone
it is ours, not to slave in, but to master and to own
while the union makes us strong
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
for the union makes us strong
they have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn
but without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn
we can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn
that the union makes us strong
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
for the union makes us strong
in our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold
greater than the might of armies, magnified a thousand-fold
we can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old
for the union makes us strong
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
solidarity forever,
for the union makes us strong
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Slime Mold Seattle, Washington
solitary folk punk collective in the NW. send all questions/comments to:
helloslimemold@gmail.com
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