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  But though you've gone your'reyou're [sic] not forgot— Your work lives just the somesame [sic], For since you left we've organized In honor of your name!

 THERE IS POWER IN A UNION

By Joe Hill

(Tune: "There Is Power in the Blood") 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 hand,
 * That's a pow'r, that's a pow'r
 * That must rule in every 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?

If you've had "nuff" of "the blood of the lamb"
 * Then join in the grand Industrial band;

If, for a change, you would have eggs and ham,
 * Then come, do your share, like a man.

If you like sluggers to beat off you head,
 * Then don't organize, all unions despise,



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