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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!