Paul McKenna set new union words to the Mountain Railway tune, adapting it to public sector workers. He calls his song "Public Workers Stand Together." My group, the Solidarity Singers of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council, recorded McKenna's version on our CD, Solidarity-It Can't Be Beat! Our CD is available for $15.00 (US) from me (I'll pay postage) @ Bennet Zurofsky; 744 Broad Street, Suite 1807; Newark, NJ 07102; bzurofsky@reitpar.com.

Here are McKenna's lyrics:

PUBLIC WORKERS STAND TOGETHER
(P McKenna)

Times are tough for public workers, every day it's something new;
Layoff threats and hiring freezes, freezes in our wages too.
Paychecks pounded by inflation, budgets cut down to the bone;
We have got to stand together; it's no time to stand alone!

CHORUS: Public workers stand together! Stand with pride and dignity.
We are all in this together, every public employee.

The papers slander and insult us, call us lazy parasites.
They say we're only civil servants, and servants have no civil rights
They turn the populace against us with the lies they fabricate.
Let's tell our side of the story, then we'll set the record straight. CHORUS

Workers in the private sector, we're no different from you.
We work hard to feed our families, pay our rent and taxes too.
It doesn't matter who we work for; we're all workers just the same,
But the rights you take for granted we're still fighting to obtain. CHORUS

In conclusion, fellow workers, we must organize for power;
"Solidarity Forever" is the watchword of the hour.
Let's fight back in opposition against the bosses and the press,
Build a workers' coalition and march onward to success. CHORUS