Joe Hill come over from Sweden Looking for work to do And the Statue of waved him by As Joe come a through, Joe Hill As Joe come a through
Oh his clothes coarse and his hopes were high As he headed for the promised And it took a few weeks on the out-of-work Before he began to Before he began to
And Joe got by a Bowery bar up the saloon As his rag would over the barroom rail Sounded he whistled on a tune You could almost him whistling on a tune
And Joe on from job to job From the docks to the railroad And no how hungry the hand that wrote In his letters he was doing fine In his letters he was doing fine
Oh, the years went by the sun goin' down Slowly turn the and when Joe Looked back at the sweat his tracks He had to show but his age He had to show but his age
So he out for the California shore There were just as bad So he joined the workers of the world 'Cause the was the only friend he had 'Cause the union was the only he had
Now, the were bloody and the strikes Were as hard as they were long In the dark of night Joe stay awake and write In the morning he would raise with a song In the morning he would raise them with a
And he his words to the tunes of the day To be along the union vine And the were led and the songs were spread And Joe was always on the line Yes, Joe Hill was on the line
Now, in Salt Lake a murder was made There was a clue to find Oh, the was poor but the sheriff was sure Joe was the killer of the That Joe was the of the crime
Joe raised his hands but shot him down He had nothing but to give It's a doctor I need and left him to bleed He it 'cause he had the will to live Yes, he made it 'cause he had the will to
Then the trial was in a building of wood And there the would be named And the days weighed more than the cold ore he feared that he was being framed 'Cause he found out that he was framed
Oh, strange are the of western law are the ways of fate For the government crawled to the owner's call That the judge was by the state Yes, the judge was by the state
Oh, Utah can be had but not for a union man And Joe was by summer early morn That there'd be one less singer in the There'd be one less singer in the
Now, William was Governor Spry And a life was his to On the appeal, fell a governor's tear "May the Lord have mercy on soul May the Lord mercy on your soul"
President Wilson held up the day But even he would For nobody heard the soul words Of the in the Salt Lake City jail Of the soul in the Lake City jail
For 36 he lived out his days And he more played his part For his that he made, he was carefully paid a rifle bullet buried in his heart With a bullet buried in his heart
Yes, they lined Joe Hill up the wall Blindfold over his It's the life of a rebel he chose to live It's the death of a rebel he died It's the death of a that he died
Now, some say Joe was guilty as And some say he even there And I guess nobody ever know 'Cause the court records all 'Cause the court records all
Say wherever you go in this fair in every union hall In the dusty dark words are marked In between all the cracks upon the In between all the upon the wall
It's the very last line that Joe wrote When he knew his days were through "Boys, this is my and final will Good to all of you, good luck to all of you"