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THE UNION TRAIN Oh what' e that I see yonder comln; rfhat * b that I see yonder comln1 coair. , comln It*o that Union train a comln1, comln , comin, Got on board, get on board. It will carry ua to freedom, freedom, freedom, ft will oZry ub to freedom! freedom, freedom, It will carry us to freedom, ireedom, fret, om, Got on board, got on board. Tt han saved a many a thousand, thousand, thousand It has eavod a many a thousand, thousand, thousand It has saved a many a thousand, thousand, thousand Get on board, got on board. It will save a many moro thousand, t^0U6^Qj1Bar& It will save a many moro thousand, t^0US^Q.*lcar.(5 It will save a many moro thousand, thousand,^ Get on board, get on board. 18 ^Sr. Section II . ............ .. WHTflH flTDE ARE Yob '■Sftl**-*, Come all you good workers. Good news to you I'll tell, Of ho'.J the good old Union Has come in here to.dwell. Choruc: ^HIcTTside are you on? My daddy was a miner Ana I'm a miner's son Ana I'll stick with my union ___ Till every battle*6 won- (CHORUS) Oh workers can you stand it? Oh toll me if you can. Will you be a lousy scab . Or will you be a man? ^unUnUoj They say in Harlem county There are no neutrals there You either are a union man t Or a scab for the employer. (CHORUS; Don't scab for the bosses, Don't listen to their lies, Us poor folks ain't got a chance, Unless we organise. (CHORUS). Workers
I WATERS THi: WORKERS' BE&R. I'm tho man, the very fat man That watere the workers' beer, And I'm the man, the very fat man That waters the workore' beer;. And what do I care If it makee them ill, If it makos them terribly queer? I've a yacht and a car and an aoroplanc, And I waters tho workers1 beer. When I makee tho workers' beer, I pute in strychnine, Some methylatos spirits And a drop of paraffin. But since a brew so terribly strong Might make them terribly queer, I reaches me hand for the water-tap And I watere the workors' boor. Now a drop of good boor is good for a man Who'e thirsty and tirod and~hot, And I eomotimee have a drop for myself From a very special lot; But a fat and healthy working class Is the thing that I most fear, 80 I reaches my hand for the water-tap And I watore the workers' beer. Now ladioe fair, beyond compare, And be ye maid or wife, 0,spmetlaeB lend a thought for one Who leads a wandering life; The water rates are shockingly high, And meth. ie shockingly dear, And there isn't the profit there used to bo In watering the workers4 beer. UNION MAID. There once was a union maid, She never wac^frMd Of settling detots and bosses threats, And Special Branch di .that *a|ie the raids. She went to the union hall ' . When a meeting it wae called, And whon old Sample's boy's came round She always stood £er ground. Chorus: 6h, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the Onion, (3) Oh you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the Union, (2) Till tho day I die. This union maid was wise To the tricks of oompany spies; She couldn't be fooled by a company itool, She'd always organise the guye, She'd always get her way When she asked for better pay; She'd show- her card to the company guard, And this Is what she'd say: (CHORUS) Now you gals who want to be free, Juet take a tip from mo; Got you a man who's a union man, And fight together for liberty; Marriod life alnt hard Whon you got a union card, And a union man leads a happy life When he's got a union wife (CHORUS) (The "Sample" referred to Is Colonel Sample Prinelo Head of the Spoolal - tha Politioal Police ).
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