“The Little Red Songbook” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Little Red Songbook” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Ben Bolt.” Oh, don’t you remember that little Red book That to many had brought much delight To sing its songs, when their fancy it took, As they would sing them both day and night? In …
“Gone Are the Days” Sheet Music (pdf). “Gone Are the Days” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Old Black Joe.” Gone are the days when the master class could say, “We’ll work you long hours for very little pay. We’ll work you all day and half the night as well.” I hear the …
“Good-Bye, Dollars; I Must Leave You” Sheet Music (pdf). “Good-Bye, Dollars; I Must Leave You” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Good-Bye, Dolly Gray.” Looking at the job signs one winter’s day, I saw a working stiff and heard him say: “I am fairly on the hog, and I’ll have to buy a …
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“I’ll Remember You” Sheet Music (pdf). “I’ll Remember You” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “I Remember You.” A Missouri yap came in to see the town, Dressed up fine in his suit, a hand-me-down. An employment shark saw him coming ’cross the way, Took him for a sucker or Missouri Jay; Says, …
“It Is the Union” Sheet Music (pdf). “It Is the Union” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “The Lads in Navy Blue.” Sing a song of praise of toiling masses; Sing a song about our sons of toil; Sing of wrongs done to the working classes, Wrongs that make our hearts boil. We …
“The Long, Long Fight” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Long, Long Fight” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “There’s a Long, Long Trail.” Where the orange trees are blooming, Where all seems bright and fair, Behind prison walls above them looming Lie our fellow workers there, Waiting for their One Big Union To fight …
“Making the Camps Like Home” Sheet Music (pdf). “Making the Camps Like Home” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Way Down upon the Swanee River.” Way down upon the Kootenai River, out West a way, There’s where the lumberjacks are working Only eight hours a day. There’s where the boss am most unhappy, …
“The Master Class Are Feeling Fine” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Master Class Are Feeling Fine” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Dixie.” The master class are feeling fine, As they gloat with joy o’er the long bread line, For they like to see the workers starve. And if you murmur aloud for bread, …
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“Meet Me in the Jungles, Louie” Sheet Music (pdf). “Meet Me in the Jungles, Louie” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis.” Louie was out of a job; Louie was dead on the hog; He looked all around, But no job could be found; So, he had to …
“The Suckers Sadly Gather” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Suckers Sadly Gather” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way.” The suckers sadly gather ’round the Red Cross office door, And at the job signs longingly they gaze; They think it’s time they shipped out to a job once …
“That Old Red Button” Sheet Music (pdf). “That Old Red Button” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet.” Oh, it’s oft when I am walking, I have heard the workers talking About the Industrial Union boys; And in my travels all around, in and out about the town, …
“They Are All Fighters” Sheet Music (pdf). “They Are All Fighters” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “San Antonio.” There is a bunch of honest working men; They’re known throughout the land; They’ve seen the horror of the bull-pen From Maine to the Rio Grande. They’ve faced starvation, hunger, privation; Upon them soldiers …
We Will Unite Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: Unknown. Are you led by labor fakirs? Do you heed their beck and call? Then, beware, ye proletaire! Take heed, ye proletaire, For the service they will render you will send you to the wall And keep ye there, ye proletaire. ’Twill keep ye there. It’s true: you’ve …
“When You Wear That Button” Sheet Music (pdf). “When You Wear That Button” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “When You Wore a Tulip.” I met him in Dakota when the harvesting was o’er; A “Wob” he was, I saw by the button that he wore. He was talking to a bunch of …
“The Workers of the World Are Now Awaking” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Workers of the World Are Now Awaking” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree.” The workers of the world are now awaking; The earth is shaking with their mighty tread. The master class in …
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“The Workers, So They Say” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Workers, So They Say” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “The Bird on Nellie’s Hat.” The workers, so they say, Are getting skinned each day By the fat employment sharks; And it’s really true; But what are we to do? The workers are such …
“Working Folk, Do You Hear?” Sheet Music (pdf). “Working Folk, Do You Hear?” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Cheer Up, Mary.” Working folk, do you hear coming near, more near, An army’s mighty tread? ’Tis the Industrial Band marching through the land, And great truths are by them spread. They do not …
“Working Folk, You Are Called Upon” Sheet Music (pdf). “Working Folk, You Are Called Upon” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Blue Bell.” Working folk, you are called upon a duty to perform: Your masters have exploited you, and still do, night and morn. They intend that you must work till you’re nearly …
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“You Can’t Stop the March of the Toilers” Sheet Music (pdf). “You Can’t Stop the March of the Toilers” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.” You can’t stop the march of the toilers On their way to true liberty; Vain are the plans of the spoilers To …
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“Farewell, Joe” Sheet Music (pdf). “Farewell, Joe” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Farewell to Thee.” Proudly went out Joe unto his death With smiling lips and fearless eyes. This message gave with his last breath: “Don’t mourn for me but organize.” Farewell to you, thou rebel true, Whose singing heart has charmed …
“The Eight-Hour Song” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Eight-Hour Song” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Darling, I Am Growing Old.” Working folk, both young and old, why will you wear your lives away, For the masters making gold, while you live from day to day? Hungry, ragged and forsaken, millions of you roam …
“A Dream” Sheet Music (pdf). “A Dream” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “The Holy City.” One day as I lay dreaming, this vision came to me: I saw an army streaming, singing of liberty. I marked these toilers passing by; I listened to their cry. It was a triumphant anthem, an anthem …
“Come Join the One Big Union, Do” Sheet Music (pdf). “Come Join the One Big Union, Do” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “My Hula Hula Love.” Down in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where we held the Woolen Trust at bay And won a shorter day and a big increase in pay; Where the workers …
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“Come and Get Wise” Sheet Music (pdf). “Come and Get Wise” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Under the Anheuser Busch.” Talk about the swell way the workers don’t live And the fine wages our masters don’t give; Rave about the good cream that’s high up above If we’ll work for nothing and …
“The Child Slaves” Sheet Music (pdf). “The Child Slaves” Karaoke (midi with lyrics). Lyrics: Richard Brazier. Tune: “Annie Laurie.” The masters’ children are bonny; in the sunshine long they play. The workers’ children are hungry for the light of day. No time for them to play in the sunshine warm and gay; For the sake …
