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Which Side Are You On

from R​é​volte Ensemble by Revolte Ensemble

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Text: Florence Reece
Original music: "Jack-a-Roe" (American folk song)

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Come all of you good workers,
Good news to you I'll tell
Of how the good old union
Has come in here to dwell.

[Chorus:]
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

My daddy was a miner
And I'm a miner's son,
And I'll stick with the union
'Til every battle's won.

[Chorus]

They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there;
You'll either be a union man,
Or a thug for J. H. Blair.

[Chorus]

Oh workers can you stand it?
Oh tell me how you can.
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?

[Chorus]

Don't scab for the bosses,
Don't listen to their lies.
Us poor folks haven't got a chance
Unless we organize.

[Chorus]

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from R​é​volte Ensemble, released August 31, 2013

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Revolte Ensemble Thessaloniki, Greece

Révolte Ensemble is a musical project arranging anarchist and other revolutionary folk songs from around the world.

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