Joe Hill

The workers on the S.P. line for strike sent out a call But Casey Jones the engineer, he wouldn’t strike at all His boiler it was leaking, and the drivers on the bum And the engines and the bearings, they were all out of plum Casey Jones, kept his junkpil...

An employment shark the other day I went to see, And he said come in and buy a job from me, Just a couple of dollars, for the office fee, The job is steady and the fare is free. CHORUS: Count your pennies, count them, count them one by one, Then you pla...

Who is the freak that had the cheek, The crawling, slimy, cringing sneak, That prohibits us the right to speak? —— Der Chief. Who gave the workers the loud Ha! Ha! Who tried to trample down the law? Who handed us the deal so raw? —— Der Chief. Who is...

A little girl with her father stayed, in a cabin across the sea, Her mother dear in the cold grave lay; with her father she’d always be — But then one day the great war broke out and the father was told to go; The little girl pleaded — her father she needed...

How well I do remember That mill along the way, Where she and I were working For fifty cents a day. She was my little sweetheart; I met her in the mill — It’s a long time since I saw her. But I love her still. CHORUS: Down in the Old Black Mill, Tha...

Fellow workers, can’t you hear, There is something in the air. Everywhere you walk everybody talks ‘Bout the I. W. W. They have got a way to strike That the master doesn’t like — Everybody sticks, That’s the only trick, All are joining now. CHORUS:...

Bill Brown was just a working man Iike others of his kind. He lost his job and tramped the streets when work was hard to find. The landlord put him on the stem, the bankers kept his dough, And Bill heard everybody sing, no matter where he’d go: CHORUS: I...

My will is easy to decide, For there is nothing to divide. My kind don’t need to fuss and moan — “Moss does not cling to a rolling stone.” My body? Ah, If I could choose, I would to ashes it reduce, And let the merry breezes blow My dust to where some...

In Lawrence, when the starving masses struck for more to eat And wooden-headed Wood tried the strikers to defeat, To Sammy Gompers wrote and asked him what he thought, And this is just the answer that the mailman brought: CHORUS: A little talk — A littl...

Hey, all you girls and fellows That do depend on Bill To do your work and duties, I’ll put you next, I will. I’ll put you next to Billy, I’ve known him since the ‘Quake; Of all the Weary Willies, That guy, he takes the cake. He is so gol durn lazy He...

Please give me your attention, I’ll introduce to you A man that is a credit to “Our Red White and Blue,” His head is made of lumber, and solid as a rock; He is a common worker and his name is Mr. Block. And Block he thinks he may Be president some day....

Nearer my job to thee, Nearer with glee, Three plunks for the office fee, But my fare is free. My train is running fast, I’ve got a job at last, Nearer my job to thee Nearer to thee. Arrived where my job should be, Nothing in sight I see, Nothing bu...

You may ramble ’round the country anywhere you will, You’ll always run across that same old Scissor Bill. He’s found upon the desert, he is on the hill, He’s found in every mining camp and lumber mill. He looks just like a human, he can eat and walk, But...

We’re spending billions every year For guns and ammunition. “Our Army” and “our Navy” dear, To keep in good condition; While millions live in misery And millions died before us, Don’t sing “My Country ’tis of thee,” But sing this little chorus. Should...

When I was hiking ’round the town to find a job one day, I saw a sign that a thousand men were wanted right away, To take a trip around the world in Uncle Sammy’s fleet, I signed my name a dozen times upon a great big sheet. CHORUS: I was stung right, st...

I had a job once threshing wheat, worked sixteen hours with hands and feet. And when the moon was shining bright, they kept me working all the night. One moonlight night, I hate to tell, I “accidentally” slipped and fell. My pitchfork went right in between...

A little girl was working in a big department store, Her little wage for food was spent; her dress was old and tore. She asked the foreman for a raise, so humbly and so shy, And this is what the foreman did reply: CHORUS: Why don’t you get a beau? Some...

“Darling I am growing old” — So the toiler told his wife — “Father Time the days have tolled Of my usefulness in life. Just tonight my master told me He can’t use me any more. Oh, my darling, do not scold me, When the wolf comes to our door.” CHORUS:...

Long-haired preachers come out every night, Try to tell you what’s wrong and what’s right; But when asked how ’bout something to eat They will answer with voices so sweet: CHORUS: You will eat, bye and bye, In that glorious land above the sky; Work and...

There are women of many descriptions In this queer world, as everyone knows. Some are living in beautiful mansions, And are wearing the finest of clothes. There are blue blooded queens and princesses, Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl; But the o...

f Freedom’s road seems rough and hard, And strewn with rocks and thorns, Then put your wooden shoes on, pard, And you won’t hurt your corns. To organize and teach, no doubt, Is very good — that’s true, But still we can’t succeed without The Good Old Woo...

If you all will shut your trap, I will tell you ’bout a chap, That was broke and up against it, too, for fair He was not the kind that shirk, He was looking hard for work, But he heard the same old story everywhere: CHORUS: Tramp, tramp, tramp, keep on...

Casey Jones kept his junk pile running; Casey Jones was working double time; Casey Jones got a wooden medal, For being good and faithful on the S. P. line. Casey Jones hit the river bottom; Casey Jones broke his blessed spine; Casey Jones was an Angelin...

One little girl, fair as a pearl, Worked every day in a laundry; All that she made for food she paid, So she slept on a park bench so soundly; An old procuress spied her there, And whispered softly in her ear: CHORUS: Come with me now, my girly, Don’t...

Would you have freedom from wage slavery, Then join in the grand Industrial band; Would you from mis’ry and hunger be free, Then come! Do your share, like a man. CHORUS: There is pow’r, there is pow’r In a band of workingmen. When they stand hand in ha...

We will sing one song of the meek and humble slave, The horn-handed son of the soil, He’s toiling hard from the cradle to the grave, But his master reaps the profits from his toil. Then we’ll sing one song of the greedy master class, They’re vagrants in b...

We want all the workers in the world to organize Into a great big union grand And when we all united stand The world for workers we demand If the working class could only see and realize What mighty power labor has Then the exploiting master class It wo...

Fellow workers pay attention to what I’m going to mention, For it is the fixed intention of the Workers of the World. And I hope you’ll all be ready, true-hearted, brave and steady, To gather ’round our standard when the red flag is unfurled. CHORUS: Whe...

Workers of the world, awaken! Break your chains. demand your rights. AII the wealth you make is taken By exploiting parasites. Shall you kneel in deep submission From your cradles to your graves? ls the height of your ambition To be good and willing sla...