happy? - Mar 27 (1912 BC strike)

27 Mar 06 - 07:50 AM (#1703734)
Subject: happy? - Mar 27 (1912 BC strike)
From: Abby Sale


On 3/27/1912

some 4,200 railroad construction workers in British Columbia struck.
The IWW organized it and provided some songs.
One song was:

          Where the Fraser River flows
          Each fellow worker knows
          They have bullied and oppressed us
          But still our union grows
          And we're going to find a way, boys
          For shorter hours and better pay, boys
          We're going to win the day, boys
          Where the Fraser River flows.
  
                  "Where The Fraser River Flows," by Joe Hill. 
                  See The Songs of Joe Hill, Barrie Stavis & Frank Harmon

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