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 MAY DAY SONG

Music by Rudolf von Liebich

Words by Ralph Chaplin O, Labor Day, O, First of May,
 * Welcome and honored on land and on sea.

Winter so drear must disappear,
 * Fair days are coming for you and for me.

We, of the old world, building the New, Ours is the will and the power to do;
 * Then let us sing, hail to the Spring—

Hail to the Day we can strike to be free!

Banner so red, high overhead,
 * Hated and feared by the powers that be!

In every land firmly we stand;
 * Men of all nations who labor are we.

Under one banner, standing as one, Claiming the earth ondand [sic] our place in the sun.
 * Then let us sing, hail to the Spring—

Hail to the Day we can strike to be free!

O, Labor Day, O, First of May,
 * Warm with the gleam of the bright days to be!

Join in the throng, fearless and strong—
 * One mighty Union of world industry.

Shoulder to shoulder, each in his place, Ours is the hope of the whole human race.
 * Then let us sing, hail to the Spring—

Hail to the Day we can strike to be free!

Words and music of "We have Fed You All For a Thousand Years" can be obtained in attractive sheet form by applying to I. W. W. Publishing Bureau, Price 25 cents.

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