Joe Hill
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Joe Hill come over from Sweden shore
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Looking for some work to d
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And the Statue of Liberty waved him b
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As Joe come a sailingthrough, Joe Hil
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As Joe come a sailing through
Oh his clothes were coarse and his hopes were hig
As he headed for the promised lan
And it took a few weeks on the out-of-work street
Before he began to understan
Before he began to understan
And Joe got hired by a bowery ba
sweeping up the saloo
As his rag would sail over the baroom rai
Sounded like he whistled on a tun
You could almost hear him whistling on a tun
And Joe rolled on from job to jo
From the docks to the railroad lin
And no matter how hungry the hand that wrot
In his letters he was always doing fin
In his letters he was always doing fin
Oh, the years went by like the sun goin' dow
slowly turn the pag
And when Joe looked back at the sweat upon his track
He had nothing to show but his ag
He had nothing to show but his ag
So he headed out for the California shor
There things were just as ba
So he joined the industrial workers of the worl
'Cause, The union was the only friend he ha
'Cause, The union was the only friend he ha
Now the strikes were bloody and the strikes were blac
as hard as they were lon
In the dark of night Joe would stay awake and write
In the morning he would raise them with a son
In the morning he would raise them with a son
And he wrote his words to the tunes of the da
To be passed along the union vin
And the strikes were led and the songs were sprea
And Joe Hill was always on the lin
Yes Joe Hill was always on the lin
Now in Salt Lake City a murder was mad
There was hardly a clue to fin
Oh, the proof was poor, but the sheriff was sur
Joe was the killer of the crim
That Joe was the killer of the crim
Joe raised his hands but they shot him dow
he had nothing but guilt to giv
It's a doctor I need and they left him to blee
He made it 'cause he had the will to liv
Yes, He made it 'cause he had the will to liv
Then the trial was held in a building of woo
And there the killer would be name
And the days weighed more than the cold copper or
Cause he feared that he was being frame
Cause he found out that he was being frame
Oh, strange are the ways of western la
Strange are the ways of fat
For the government crawled to the mine owner's cal
That the judge was appointed by the stat
Yes, The judge was appointed by the stat
Oh, Utah justice can be ha
But not for a union ma
And Joe was warned by summer early mor
That there'd be one less singer in the lan
There'd be one less singer in the lan
Now William Spry was Governor Spr
And a life was his to hol
On the last appeal, fell a governor's tea
May the lord have mercy on your sou
May the lord have mercy on your sou
Even President Wilson held up the da
But even he would fai
For nobody heard the soul searching word
Of the soul in the Salt Lake City jai
Of the soul in the Salt Lake City jai
For 36 years he lived out his day
And he more than played his par
For his songs that he made, he was carefully pai
With a rifle bullet buried in his hear
With a rifle bullet buried in his hear
Yes, they lined Joe Hill up against the wal
Blindfold over his eye
It's the life of a rebel that he chose to liv
It's the death of a rebel that he die
It's the death of a rebel that he die
Now some say Joe was guilty as charge
And some say he wasn't even ther
And I guess nobody will ever kno
'Cause the court records all disappeare
'Cause the court records all disappeare
Say wherever you go in this fair lan
In every union hal
In the dusty dark these words are marke
In between all the cracks upon the wal
In between all the cracks upon the wal
It's the very last line that Joe Will wrot
When he knew that his days were throug
"Boys, this is my last and final wil
Good luck to all of yo
Good luck to all of you"
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