Songs of the Industrial Workers of the World (4th Australian edition)/One Big Industrial Union
ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION.
(Air: "Marching Through Georgia").
By G. Allen.
Bring the good old red book, boys, we'll sing another song.
Sing it to the wage slave who has not yet joined the throng
Of the revolution that will sweep the world along,
To One Big Industrial Union.
CHORUS:
Hooray! Hooray! When will you workers see?
The only way you'll gain your economic liberty,
Is One Big Industrial Union.
How the masters holler when they hear the dreadful sound
Of sabotage and direct action spread the world around;
They're getting ready to vamoose with ears close to the ground.
From One Big Industrial Union.
Now the harvest String Trust they would move to Germany.
The Silk Bosses of Paterson, they also want to flee
From strikes and labour troubles, but they cannot get away
From One Big Industrial Union.
You migratory workers of the common labour clan,
We sing to you to join and be a fighting Union man;
You must emancipate yourself, you proletarian,
With One Big Industrial Union.
CHORUS:
Hooray! Hooray! With every victory
We'll hum the workers' anthem till you finally must be
In One Big Industrial Union.