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GUEST,henryp Lyr Req: There Is Power in a Union (Billy Bragg) (7) RE: Lyric req. Billy Bragg The Union Forever 19 Sep 13


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"There Is Power In A Union" is a song written by Joe Hill in 1913. The song is sung to the tune of "There Is Power In The Blood (Of The Lamb)".

"There Is Power In A Union" was first published in the Little Red Songbook in 1913. Joe Hill wrote the song based upon the song "Battle Cry of Freedom" with a socialist slant.

Would you have freedom from Wage slavery,
Then join in the grand Industrial band;
Would you from mis'ry and hunger be free,
Then come, do your share, like a man.
(Chorus)
There is pow'r there is pow'r in a band of workingmen,
When they stand hand in hand,
That's a pow'r, that's a pow'r That must rule in every land—
One Industrial Union Grand.


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