The Rebel’s Toast (Joe Hill)
Lyrics, sheet music (pdf) file, and karaoke (midi with lyrics) file of “The Rebel’s Toast” (Joe Hill).
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Workers of the World, Awaken! (Joe Hill)
“Workers of the World, Awaken!” Sheet Music (pdf). “Workers of the World, Awaken!” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: Joe Hill. Workers of the world, awaken! Break your chains; demand your rights! All the wealth you make is taken By exploiting parasites. Shall you kneel in deep submission From your cradles to your …
The White Slave (Joe Hill)
“The White Slave” Sheet Music (pdf). “The White Slave” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland.” One little girl, fair as a pearl, Worked every day in a laundry; All that she made for food she paid, So she slept on a park bench so soundly; An old procuress …
Where the Fraser River Flows (Joe Hill)
“Where the Fraser River Flows” Sheet Music (pdf). “Where the Fraser River Flows” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Where the River Shannon Flows.” Fellow workers pay attention to what I’m goin’ to mention For it is the fixed intention of the Workers of the World. And I hope you’ll all be ready, …
What We Want (Joe Hill)
“What We Want” Sheet Music (pdf). “What We Want” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Rainbow.” We want all the workers in the world To organize into a great big union grand. And when we all united stand, The world for workers we demand. If the working class could only see and realize …
We Will Sing One Song (Joe Hill)
“We Will Sing One Song” Sheet Music (pdf). “We Will Sing One Song” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “My Old Kentucky Home.” We will sing one song of the meek and humble slave, The horny-handed son of the soil. He’s toiling hard from the cradle to the grave, But his master reaps …
The Tramp (Joe Hill)
“The Tramp” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Tramp” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill and Hugo T. Hansen. Tune: “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching.” If you all will shut your trap, I will tell you ‘bout a chap, Who was broke and up against it, too, for fair; He was not the kind …
There is Power in a Union (Joe Hill)
“There Is Power in a Union” Sheet Music (pdf). “There Is Power in a Union” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “There Is Power in the Blood.” Would you have freedom from wage slavery, Then join in the Grand Industrial Band! Would you from mis’ry and hunger be free, Then come, do your …
Ta-Ra-Ra Boom De-Ay (Joe Hill)
“Ta-Ra-Ra Boom De-Ay” Sheet Music (pdf). “Ta-Ra-Ra Boom De-Ay” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay.” I had a job once threshing wheat: Worked sixteen hours with hands and feet. And when the moon was shining bright, They kept me working all the night. One moon-lit night, I hate to tell, I …
Stung Right (Joe Hill)
“Stung Right” Sheet Music (pdf). “Stung Right” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Sunlight, Sunlight.” When I was hiking ’round the town to find a job one day, I saw a sign: “A thousand men are wanted right away To take a trip around the world in Uncle Sammy’s fleet.” I signed my …
Should I Ever Be a Soldier (Joe Hill)
“Should I Ever Be a Soldier” Sheet Music (pdf). “Should I Ever Be a Soldier” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Colleen Bawn.” We’re spending billions every year For guns and ammunition: “Our Army” and “Our Navy” dear To keep in good condition. While millions live in misery And millions die before us, …
Scissor Bill (Joe Hill)
“Scissor Bill” Sheet Music (pdf). “Scissor Bill” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Steamboat Bill.” You may ramble ‘round the country anywhere you will; You’ll always run across that same old Scissor Bill; He’s found up on the desert; he is on the hill; He’s found in every mining camp and lumber mill; …
The Rebel Girl (Joe Hill)
“The Rebel Girl” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Rebel Girl” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill and Hazel Dickens. Tune: Joe Hill. There are women of many descriptions In this cruel world, as everyone knows. Some are living in beautiful mansions And are wearing the finest of clothes. There’s the blue-blooded queen or the princess, …
The Preacher and the Slave (Joe Hill)
“The Preacher and the Slave” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Preacher and the Slave” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Sweet Bye and Bye.” Long-haired preachers come out every night, And try to tell you what’s wrong and what’s right. But when asked, “How ‘bout something to eat?” They will answer in voices so …
The Old Toiler’s Message (Joe Hill)
“The Old Toiler’s Message” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Old Toiler’s Message” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Silver Threads among the Gold.” “Darling, I am growing old,” So the toiler told his wife. “Father Time, the days has tolled Of my usefulness in life (in life). Just tonight, my master told me He …
Nearer My Job to Thee (Joe Hill)
“Nearer My Job to Thee” Sheet Music (pdf). “Nearer My Job to Thee” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Nearer My God to Thee.” Nearer my job to thee, Nearer with glee; Three plunks for the office fee, But my fare is free; My train is running fast; I’ve got a job at …
Mister Block (Joe Hill)
“Mister Block” Sheet Music (pdf). “Mister Block” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “It Looks to Me Like a Big Time Tonight.” Please give me your attention; I’ll introduce to you A man that is a credit to our “Red, White, and Blue.” His head is made of lumber and solid as a …
John Golden and the Lawrence Strike (Joe Hill)
“John Golden and the Lawrence Strike” Sheet Music (pdf). “John Golden and the Lawrence Strike” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “A Little Talk with Jesus.” In Lawrence, when the starving masses struck for more to eat, And wooden-headed Wood tried the strikers to defeat, To Sammy Gompers wrote and asked him what …
Liberty Forever (Joe Hill)
“Liberty Forever” Sheet Music (pdf). “Liberty Forever” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Anvil Chorus.” We broke the yoke of a pitiless class, And we burst asunder our bonds and chains. Our organization will win whene’er it strikes, And no more shall a King or Crown remain. United fast are we with bonds …
Casey Jones, the Union Scab (Joe Hill)
“Casey Jones, the Union Scab” Sheet Music (pdf). “Casey Jones, the Union Scab” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Casey Jones.” The workers on the S.P. Line for strike sent out a call, But Casey Jones, the engineer, he wouldn’t strike at all. His boiler, it was leaking, and its drivers on the …
Coffee An’ (Joe Hill)
“Coffee An’” Sheet Music (pdf). “Coffee An’” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Count Your Blessings.” Alternative Title: “Count Your Workers, Count Them.” An employment shark last week I went to see; And he said, “Come in and buy a job from me.” I paid him eight dollars for the office fee: The …
Don’t Take My Papa Away from Me (Joe Hill)
“Don’t Take My Papa Away from Me” Sheet Music (pdf). “Don’t Take My Papa Away from Me” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics and Tune: Joe Hill. A little girl with her father stayed in an old cabin ’cross the sea. Her mother dear in the cold grave lay: with her father, she’d always be. But …
Down in the Old Dark Mill (Joe Hill)
“Down in the Old Dark Mill” Sheet Music (pdf). “Down in the Old Dark Mill” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Down by the Old Mill Stream.” How well I do remember That mill along the way, Where she and I were working For fifty cents a day. She was my little sweetheart. …
Everybody’s Joining It (Joe Hill)
“Everybody’s Joining It” Sheet Music (pdf). “Everybody’s Joining It” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Everybody’s Doin’ It.” Fellow workers, can you hear? There is something in the air. Everywhere you walk, everybody talks About the I. Double Double-U. They have got a way to strike That the master doesn’t like. Everybody sticks: …
The Girl Question (Joe Hill)
“The Girl Question” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Girl Question” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Joe Hill. Tune: “Tell Mother I’ll Be There.” A little girl was working in a big department store. Her little wage for food was spent; her dress was old and tore. She asked the foreman for a raise, so humbly and …