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MR. BLOCK (Joe Hill) 1. Please give me your attention, I'll introduce to you A man who is a credit to the ["Our] old Red White and Blue["] His head is made of lumber and solid as a rock He is a common worker and his name is Mr. Block And Block [he] thinks he may be premier [President] some day Chorus Oh Mr. Block, you were born by mistake You take the cake, you make me ache [Go] tie a rock on your block and then jump in the lake Kindly do that for Liberty's sake! 2. Yes, Mr. Block is lucky - he got a job, by gee! The shark got seven dollars for job and fare and fee They shipped him to a desert and dumped him with his truck But when he tried to find his job he sure was out of luck He shouted, "That's too raw! I'll fix them with the law!" 3. Block hiked back to the city but wasn't doing well He said "I'll join the union, the great AF of L". He got a job that morning, got fired by the night He said, "I'll see Sam Gompers and he'll fix that foreman right!" Sam Gompers said, "You see, you've got our sympathy." 4. Election day he shouted, "A Socialist for Mayor!" The comrade got elected [and] he happy was for fair But after the election he got an awful shock [When] a great big socialistic bull did rap him on the block And Comrade Block did sob, "I helped him get his job!" 5. Poor Block he died one evening, I'm very glad to state He climbed the golden ladder up to the pearly gate He said, "Oh Mister Peter, one thing I'd like to tell I'd like to meet the Astorbilts and John D Rockerfell!" Old Pete said, "Is that so? You'll meet them down below!" Tune: It Looks to me Like a Big Time Tonight. from Al Grierson, by Joe Hill, in 13th ed. of the Little Red Songbook @IWW @political filename[ MRBLOCK JB oct96 |
Mr. Block ("To the tune of: It Looks To Me Like A Big Time Tonight". Midi made from notation originally printed in Sing Out! vol.1, 1959.) |
