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作曲 : David Stefan Rovics |
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Joel Haglund came from Sweden |
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Which was very far from Eden |
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By the time he left most of his family died |
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His sisters and his mother |
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His father and his brothers |
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So with one remaining sibling at his side |
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He got a notion |
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To sail across the ocean |
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Where he heard the streets were paved with gold |
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Not long after his arrival |
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As he toiled for survival |
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He realized the bill of goods that he’d been sold |
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He got a whole lot wiser |
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Became an organizer |
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And he organized with artistry and skill |
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He spoke up, raised his fist |
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Got right on the blacklist |
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That’s why he changed his name to Joe Hill |
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He heard that it was best |
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If he headed to the west |
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Where the Industrial Workers of the World |
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Were finding the solutions |
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For making revolution |
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With red songbook and red flag unfurled |
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A hundred years ago the bard |
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With the union card |
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Proved his music was too powerful, too strong |
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They couldn’t stand the sound |
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They had to take him down |
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Lest he organize the working class in song |
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Soon as he paid his dues |
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He tried hard to light the fuse |
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Speaking, singing, writing lyrics and cartoons |
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He sent off the whole mess |
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To the Wobbly press |
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And they sang his songs as they fought the goons |
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He joined a singing movement |
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That fought for improvement |
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By abolishing wage-slavery worldwide |
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He sang the Wobbly line |
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Beseeching workers to combine |
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Learn from Mr Block — the bosses lied |
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A hundred years ago the bard |
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With the union card |
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Proved his music was too powerful, too strong |
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They couldn’t stand the sound |
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They had to take him down |
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Lest he organize the working class in song |
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His life would be cut short |
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By a kangaroo court |
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Eager to determine one man’s fate |
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Evidence was circumstantial |
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But that’s inconsequential |
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When you’ve become an enemy of the state |
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They put him up against the wall |
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And that was all |
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They gunned him down in 1915 |
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He took all the bullets he could take |
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There by the Salt Lake |
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For being the best bard they’d ever seen |
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A hundred years ago the bard |
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With the union card |
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Proved his music was too powerful, too strong |
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They couldn’t stand the sound |
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They had to take him down |
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Lest he organize the working class in song |
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A hundred years ago the bard |
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With the union card |
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Proved his music was too powerful, too strong |
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They couldn’t stand the sound |
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They had to take him down |
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Lest he organize the working class in song |
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Lest he organize the working class in song |
