Need missing lines to UAW/CIO

04 Nov 06 - 09:57 PM (#1876436)
Subject: Need missing lines to UAW/CIO
From: Cool Beans

I used to know knew all the words to "UAW/CIO," a union/World War II song by Baldwin Hawes but I can't recall a couple of lines:

(Chorus)
Oh it's that UAW/CIO
That makes the Army roll and go
Turning out the Jeeps and tanks
And airplanes every day.
Oh it's that UAW/CIO
That makes the Army roll and go
Puts wheels
On the USA.

(Verse)
I was standing down on Gratiot Street one day
When I thought I overheard a soldier say:
Every tank in our camp has that UAW stamp
And I'm UAW, too,I'm proud to say

CHORUS

(Verse)
Missing line
Missing line
I was down in Cadillac Square at the union rally there
When we put those plans for pleasure cars away.

CHORUS

(Verse)
There'll be a union meeting in Berlin
When our union boys in uniform roll in
And rolling through the ranks, there'll be UAW tanks
To roll Hitler out and roll the union in.

FINAL CHORUS

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05 Nov 06 - 04:40 PM (#1876964)
Subject: RE: Need missing lines to UAW/CIO
From: Cool Beans

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!

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