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There is Power in a Union
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Another Joe Hill song. This one is to the tune of the hymn There is Power in the Blood of the Lamb. Hill, of course, improved the lyrics quite a bit.
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Progressive, socialist, labor-oriented, and otherwise socially conscious folk music. <br /><br /> <br /><br />www.marxist.com <br /><br />www.socialistappeal.
Progressive, socialist, labor-oriented, and otherwise socially conscious folk music. Check out: http://www.marxist.com http://www.socialistappeal.org http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org http://www.ushov.org
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Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #958
Peak in subgenre #188
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Words: Joe Hill Music: Traditional
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April 28, 2007
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MP3 2.3 MB • 128 kbps • 2:31
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Another Joe Hill song. This one is to the tune of the hymn There is Power in the Blood of the Lamb. Hill, of course, improved the lyrics quite a bit.
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Would you have freedom wage slavery, then Come join Grand Industrial Band; Would you from mis'ry and hunger be free? Then come! Do your share lend a hand. There is pow'r, there is pow'r in a band of Working folk, when we stand, hand in hand. That's a pow'r, that's a pow'r that must rule in ev'ry land- One Industrial Union Grand. Would you have mansions of gold in the sky, And live in a shack, way in the back? Would you have wings up in heaven to fly, And starve here with rags on your back? -Chorus- If you like sluggers to beat off your head, Then don't organize, all unions despise, If you want nothing before you are dead, Shake hands with your boss and look wise. -Chorus- Come all ye workers, from every land, Come, join in the Grand Industrial Band, Then we our share of this earth shall demand. Come on! Do your share lend a hand. -Chorus-
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