Lyr Req: Uprising of the 20,000

Subject: Lyr Req: Uprising of the 20,000
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 24 Jan 05 - 01:20 PM

Looking for the lyrics, and, if possible, tune of this labor song from ca. 1910. About the women garment workers.
So far, I have found only mentions.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Uprising of the 20,000
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Jan 05 - 05:08 PM

I found lots of information about the "Uprising of the Twenty Thousand," Q, but none to indicate that there was a asong with that title. Where is that information from?
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Uprising of the 20,000
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 26 Jan 05 - 02:09 PM

The song was mentioned in an article about the strike. Unfortunately I didn't record the website.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Uprising of the 20,000
From: Peace
Date: 26 Jan 05 - 03:21 PM

"The Uprising of the Twenty Thousand," the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Triangle Shirtwaist strike that began September 27, declared officially over by ILGWU; by now 339 manufacturing firms have reached agreements with the union; 13 firms, including Triangle, with 1,100 workers, did not settle.

Posting this now and will look more. Found it with a google of

garment workers strike, usa, uprising of the twenty-thousand, 20,000, 1910

Subject: Lyr Add: THE UPRISING OF THE TWENTY THOUSANDS
From: Peace
Date: 26 Jan 05 - 03:25 PM

The Uprising of the Twenty Thousands
(Dedicated to the Waistmakers of 1909)

In the black of the winter of nineteen nine,
When we froze and bled on the picket line,
We showed the world that women could fight
And we rose and won with women's might.

Chorus:
Hail the waistmakers of nineteen nine,
Making their stand on the picket line,
Breaking the power of those who reign,
Pointing the way, smashing the chain.

And we gave new courage to the men
Who carried on in nineteen ten
And shoulder to shoulder we'll win through,
Led by the I.L.G.W.U.

from

www.deborahhopkinson.com/index.2ts?page=1009 - 60k

Found that with a google of

"The uprising of the twenty thousand", lyrics

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Uprising of the 20,000
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 26 Jan 05 - 05:44 PM

Thanks, Brucie. I tried, but put " after lyrics. That doesn't work. Also, one must spell out 'twenty thousand.'

At the end of the lyrics is the provenance: "-from "Let's Sing," Eucational Department, International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, New York City, n. d."

Subject: Lyr Add: THE UPRISING OF THE TWENTY THOUSAND
From: GUEST,Gail Ryall
Date: 30 Apr 05 - 09:29 PM

Hi Joe,

I just read a novel for teen-agers by Deborah Hopkinson, called "Hear My Sorrow; the diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker" which is about the 1909 strike and the Triangle Fire.

It has the lyrics to a song called THE UPRISING OF THE TWENTY THOUSAND, and says it was a union song dedicated to the Waistmakers of 1909. I would like to develop a story about the strike for my Labor History storytelling, and sing the song as part of it, so I am looking for the tune as well as the lyrics.

The ILGWU is now HERE-UNITE, after a few amalgamations with other unions. I think I'll contact them and see if they have the tune to the song. Anyway, here are the lyrics as they appear in the book.

In the black of the winter of nineteen nine,
When we froze and bled on the picket line,
We showed the world that women could fight
And we rose and won with women's might.

Chorus:
Hail the waistmakers of nineteen nine,
Making their stand on the picket line,
Breaking the power of those who reign,
Pointing the way, smashing the chain.

And we gave new courage to the men
Who carried on in nineteen ten
And shoulder to shoulder we'll win through,
Led by the I.L.G.W.U.