source: SONGS OF THE I.L.P
published Adelaide c. 1915
By G. Allen
AIR: Marching Through Georgia
SITE SOURCE: SYDNEY FOLKLORE - SECTION 2: Labour History

ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION

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.

Hooray! Hooray! The truth will make you free.
Hooray! Hooray! When will you workers see?
The only way you'll gain your economic liberty,
Is 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! Let's set the wage slave free.
Hooray! Hooray! With every victory,
We'll hum the workers' anthem till you finally must be
In One Big Industrial Union

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