JOHN MCCUTCHEON always introduces Joe Hill with a story about Paul Robeson, and how one fan of his (John's) requested he sing that song because he remembered Paul singing it at the Sydney Opera House. According to John, Paul introduced the song by saying to the (union) workers at the construction site that one day they would hear that so-and-so famous architect, or builder or investor built the hall, but they would know the truth that their labors built it!