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Thread #152153 Message #3559705
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
18-Sep-13 - 09:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: There Is Power in a Union (Billy Bragg)
Subject: RE: Lyric req. Billy Bragg The Union Forever
The record says "traditional arranged Billy Bragg" but I've never come across it elsewhere, and I wouldn't be surprised if the "arrangement" involved taking the title of Joe Hill's song, and the structure and tune of George Roots', and writing a fresh song out of it.
Of course we don't have too many factories these days, so the first verse is a bit anachronistic. But the message is still totally relevant.
I imagine they'd chuck you out of the hall damn quick if you tried to sing it in a Labour conference.