Old Union Songs

Whether you're Pro or Anti-Union, I think you'll agree that the song "Solidarity Forever" with Pete Seeger is quite rousing!

Seeger was under investigation at one time by the HUAC for his leftist leanings in his songs.

"In our hands is placed the power greater far than hoarded gold,
Greater then the might of Armies magnified a thousand fold.
We will fight to make a new world from the ashes of the old,
For the Union makes us strong!"

(Sung to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic)

Google Pete Seeger Union Songs and select "Solidarity Forever"
Hal

 

Oh, I thought this was going to be about the Civil War.
I was already getting ready with my Dixie come back.

For you:

 

I like this one

Joe Hill - sung by Joan Baez

Lyrics by Alfred Hayes, Music by Earl Robinson, 1938

 

Casey Jones-Union Scab

Sung by Pete Seeger. The lyrics of this song were written by Joe Hill (the same Joe Hill of the song in the previous post) in 1911, as a parody of the song Ballad of Casey Jones (1909).

 

Thank you, BESS and NANCY for transferring those videos to the Forum!

Sometime, possibly before Spring, I'll learn how to do that myself!

Hal

 

I can’t do that either but always liked Pete Seeger.

 

From "Which Side Are You On?" (During US Labor Unrest in the 1930s)

"They say in Harlan County there are no Neutrals there,
You'll either be a Union Man or a Thug from J. H. Blair!"
Which side are you on, Brother, which side are you on?"

Listen to it the entire song on YouTube, and while you're there, listen to the rousing "Solidarity Forever" and "Union Maid".
Hal