LABOR cannot do without CAPITAL
Side altar at the National Shrine of the Little Flower
Royal Oaks, Michigan, U.S.A.
Today we remember those bloodied, beaten, and murdered for defending human life over profits.
- Joe Hill's "There is Power in a Union"
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?
- (Repeat chorus)
- 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.
- (Repeat 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.
- (Repeat 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, like a man.
- (Repeat chorus)
May they rest in peace, and may the perpetual light shine upon them.
LET US NEVER FORGET!l
Do not let others spit on their graves, this day or any other.
