[Solidarity Forever] | [Follow the drinking gourd] | [Joe Hill Svarta präster]

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Commonwealth of Toil Tune: Darling Nelly Gray Lyrics: Ralph Chaplin In the gloom of mighty cities 'Mid the roar of whirling wheels We are toiling on like chattel slaves of old, And our masters hope to keep us Ever thus beneath their heels And to coin our very life blood into gold. But we have a glowing dream Of how fair the world will seem When each man can live his life secure and free; When the earth is owned by Labor And there's love and peace for all in the Commonwealth of Toil that is to he. They would keep us cowed and beaten Cringing meekly at their feet They would stand between each worker and his bread. Shall we yield our lives up to them For the bitter crust we eat? Shall we only hope for heaven when we're dead? But we have a glowing dream Of how fair the world will seem When each man can live his life secure and free; When the earth is owned by Labor And there's love and peace for all in the Commonwealth of Toil that is to he. They have laid our lives out for us To the utter end of time. Shall we stagger on beneath their heavy load? Shall we let them live forever In their gilded halls of crime With our children doomed to toil beneath their goad? But we have a glowing dream Of how fair the world will seem When each man can live his life secure and free; When the earth is owned by Labor And there's love and peace for all in the Commonwealth of Toil that is to he. When our cause is all triumphant And we claim our Mother Earth, And the nightmare of the present fades away, We shall live with love and laughter, We who now are little worth, And we'll not regret the price we have to pay. But we have a glowing dream Of how fair the world will seem When each man can live his life secure and free; When the earth is owned by Labor And there's love and peace for all in the Commonwealth of Toil that is to he.

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Solidarity forever
the anthem of the American labor movement

Solidarity forever - text och midi

"Solidarity Forever"
is the most popular union song
on the North American continent.

If a union member knows only one union song it is
almost sure to be this. It has become, in effect,
the anthem of the American labor movement.

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Solidarity forever text: Ralph Chaplin melodi: Battle Hymn of the Republic When the union's inspiration through the workers' 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, But the union makes us strong. CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong. Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite, Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight? For the union makes us strong. CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong. It is we who plowed the praries; built the cities where they trade; Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid; Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made; But the union makes us strong. CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, 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 skyward stone by stone. It is ours, not to slave in, but to master and to own. While the union makes us strong. CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For 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 can turn. We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn That the union makes us strong. CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For 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. CHORUS: Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong.

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Follow the drinking gourd
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NASA Explanation of "Follow the Drinking Gourd"

Lesson Plans

New lyrics and song: On An Underground Railroad

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When the sun goes back     and the first quail calls Follow the drinking gourd The old man is a-waitin' for     to carry you to freedom Follow the drinking gourd Chorus Follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd For the old man is a-waitin' to carry you to freedom Follow the drinking gourd The river bed makes a mighty fine road, Dead trees to show you the way And it's left foot, peg foot, traveling on Follow the drinking gourd Chorus Follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd For the old man is a-waitin' to carry you to freedom Follow the drinking gourd The river ends between two hills Follow the drinking gourd There's another river on the other side Follow the drinking gourd Chorus Follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd For the old man is a-waitin' to carry you to freedom Follow the drinking gourd I thought I heard the angels say Follow the drinking gourd The stars in the heavens      gonna show you the way Follow the drinking gourd

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Joe Hill - Josef Hillström - Joel Hägglund född den 7 oktober 1879, Gävle död den 19 november 1915, Utah I början av 1916 utkom på Axel Holmströms förlag en av Albert Jensen författad 24-sidig broschyr: Josef Hillström, sångaren och rebellen som mördades av Utahs mormonkapitalism den 19 nov. 1915 Joe Hills sånger finns utgivna på Bokförlaget Prisma

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Svarta präster text: Joe Hill svensk text: Ture Nerman melodi: In the sweet by and by Originaltitel: The preacher and the slave Svarta präster står opp titt och tätt: Lär dej skilja på synd och på rätt, men begär du ett torrt stycke bröd, sjunger kören i trossäker glöd: Du får mat, o kamrat, uti himmelens härliga stat! Svält förnöjd! O var fröjd! Du får kalvstek i himmelens höjd! Du står arbetslös på trottoarn, du får svälta med hustru och barn. Men var tålig, som Herren befallt - se, därovanom ordnar sej allt! Du får mat, o kamrat, uti himmelens härliga stat! Svält förnöjd! O var fröjd! Du får kalvstek i himmelens höjd! Bränner nöden därhemma, så vet: Varje jul finns det välgörenhet! Om du bugar dej djupt, kan du få en kopp kaffe att fortsätta på. Du får mat, o kamrat, uti himmelens härliga stat! Svält förnöjd! O var fröjd! Du får kalvstek i himmelens höjd! Du blir gammal och bräcklig och grå, du blir körd från ditt arbete då, du får folkpension lagom till snus, men din framtid är ljuvlig och ljus! Du får mat, o kamrat, uti himmelens härliga stat! Svält förnöjd! O var fröjd! Du får kalvstek i himmelens höjd!

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