Also long ago—and on the other side of the aisle—we use to sing the following.

      - Mark

THE UNION MASON

My name's _____ _____, and I lay bricks,
I used to work out in the sticks,
I came to town with out a plan,
Got tangled up with a union man.

He got me a job, I went to work,
I did my best, tried not to shirk,
I laid four thousand bricks a day,
I thought I'd get a raise in pay.

The man I worked for said to me,
Four thousand bricks, too much you see,
The union is does not allow,
Four hundred bricks, let alone four thou.

I am a union steward now,
My men don't work, they don't know how,
All they can do is loaf all day,
And go on strike for a raise in pay.