SOLIDARITY FOREVER Ralph Chaplin, January 1915 When the unions' inspiration Through the worker's 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? 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 & starving, 'midst the wonders we have made But 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 would turn We can break their brutal power, gain our freedom when we learn That 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
Have we anything in common with the greedy parasite, Who would lash us into bondage, who would crush us with his might - Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight? 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 skywards, stone by stone, It is ours not to toil in but to master and to own - For the Union makes us strong! APWU Song Book Seattle Songs American Federation of Musicians
Billy Bragg
My Name is Buddy Anne Feeney Woody Guthrie
Hard Miles Music Labor Heritage
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Pete Seeger
Union Songs Wobblies Little Red Song Book or London, 1916 Printed and Sold by W. Oliver, No 12, Bartholomew-Close; Smithsonian
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