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Thread #18151   Message #1166700
Posted By: Suffet
20-Apr-04 - 09:42 PM
Thread Name: Union Songs for Modern Singers
Subject: Lyr Add: SOLIDARITY FOREVER
This seemed like the appropriate thread.

To be zipped into SOLIDARITY FOREVER wherever and whenever appropriate. Tune: JOHN BROWN'S BODY (traditional). Original words: Ralph Chaplin © 1915. New words: Stephen L. Suffet © 2004.

They say our day is over,
They say our time is through,
The say you need no union,
If your collar isn't blue,
Well that is just another lie,
The boss is telling you,
For the union makes us strong!

Chorus as in original:
Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
For the union makes us strong!

They divide us by our color,
They divide us by our tongue,
They divide us men and women,
They divide us old and young,
But they'll tremble at our voices,
When they hear these verses sung,
For the union makes us strong!

Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
For the union makes us strong!


Now go out and sing 'em!

--- Steve