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Thread #96171   Message #1876964
Posted By: Cool Beans
05-Nov-06 - 04:40 PM
Thread Name: Need missing lines to UAW/CIO
Subject: RE: Need missing lines to UAW/CIO
Ha! Found it without you.
UAW-CIO
Baldwin Hawes/Bess Lomax Hawes

WRITTEN FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL UAW CONVENTION -- CHICAGO, 1942
I was standing down on Gratiot Street one day,
When I thought I overheard a soldier say,
"Every tank and plane in camp
Carries the U.A.W. stamp
And I am U.A.W. too. I'm proud to say."

CHORUS:
It's that U.A.W.-C.I.O.
Makes that army roll and go,
Turnin' out jeeps and tanks and airplanes every day.
It's that U.A.W.-C.I.O.
Makes that army roll and go --
Puts wheels on the U.S.A.
--
I was there when that union came to town,
I was there when ol' Henry Ford went down
I was standing at gate four
When I heard the people roar:
"Ain't nobody keeps us autoworkers down."
--
I was there on that cold December day
When we heard about Pearl Harbor far away;
I was down at Cadillac Square
When the union rallied there
To put them plans for pleasure cars away.
--
There'll be a union label in Berlin
When the union boys in uniform march in;
And rolling in the ranks
There'll be U.A.W. tanks
Roll Hitler out and roll the union in!