The Strike
Tune= The Gallowgate Lad

Cum me canny Tynesiders an lissen
Tiv a sang that a'w s sartin ye'll like,
An' aw'll whisper a word kind and cheerin
Te the monny poor fellows on strike
Let them keep up thor hearts as they hev deun,
Thor's a day for the true an the brave,
An' the time 'ill yit cum when greet Maisters
'Ill find oot a Mechanic's ne slave!

Is Nine Oors an unreasonable movement?
Is't not plenty for labour te men?
Let them that condemn'd hev a try on't
An' see if they'll alter such plan;
An' if lang oors Industry increases,
Heh they fund it wi' them that they've tried?
Wi' thor capital heh they got labour
Like that frae the men they've defied?

But a day 'ill seun cum when they'll welcum
The aud hands they've se often imploy'd
Then the Forriners strenght 'ill be shaken
Frae license that they've lan injoy'd
I' myekin thorsels thor awn maisters
An' workin' just when they'd a mind;
If the Maisters pretend to be blind tid,
Whey, its mair te thor shem, that they'll find.

But cheer up, thor's gud friends that support us
Aye, an ' Ingland depends on us a'
An' we'll prove that wor true te the movement,
An' Victory shall let the world knaw
That tynesiders 'ill nivor be knoker'd
Wi' Maisters that care nowt for them;
An' if Maisters is meant to me Maisters,
Let them find thor's Men meant to be Men!

-Joe Wilson