Sadly, this protest song still resonates today, with some extra verses and a few word changes. This is the version that we're now singing in Maine at the protest rallies:

Original Words by Ray Glaser/Music by Bill Wolff, ©1947
Adapted by Charlie Ipcar, 3-27-25
Key: F (5/C)

Put It On The Ground-2

C------------------G-C----------------G7-------------C--F
Oh! If you want a raise in pay, I'll tell you what to do
G7---------------------------C---------------G-C
Ask Elon Musk for it and he will give it to you;
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He will give it to you, my friends, he will give it to you
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A raise in pay, without delay, oh, he will give it to you

Chorus:

G7-----C------------------------F
Ohhh, put it on the ground, spread it all around
G7--------------------------------------------------C
Dig it with a hoe: it will make your flowers grow!

For the men who own the industries I'm shedding bitter tears
They haven't made a single dime in over thirty years
In over thirty years, my friends, in over thirty years
Not one thin dime in all that time, in over thirty years

If you want to rule the world, I'll tell you what to do
Just call your allies together and give 'em the royal screw;
Give 'em the royal screw, my friends, give 'em the royal screw;
They will smile all the while, as you give 'em the royal screw.

If you want to save the world I'll tell you want to do,
Stop funding AID and UNESCO too;
And UNESCO too, my friends, and UNESCO too;
You'll save the world for billionaires, billionaires like you!.

The men who own the industries, they own no bonds and stocks
They own no yachts and Teslas, or gems the size of rocks;
They own no cryptocurrency, nor silken B.V.D.'s,
Because they pay the working folks such fancy salaries.

Dare to struggle, dare to win!
Charlie Ipcar