Joe Hill over from Sweden shores for some work to do And the Statue of Liberty him by As Joe come a through, Joe Hill As Joe a sailing through
Oh his clothes were and his hopes were high As he headed for the land And it took a few on the out-of-work streets he began to understand Before he began to
And Joe got by a Bowery bar up the saloon As his rag would sail over the rail Sounded like he whistled on a You could hear him whistling on a tune
And Joe rolled on job to job From the docks to the railroad And no matter how hungry the that wrote In his he was always doing fine In his letters he was doing fine
Oh, the went by like the sun goin' down Slowly turn the page and Joe Looked back at the upon his tracks He had nothing to but his age He had to show but his age
So he headed out for the California things were just as bad So he joined the industrial workers of the 'Cause the union was the friend he had 'Cause the was the only friend he had
Now, the strikes were bloody and the Were black as hard as were long In the of night Joe would stay awake and write In the morning he would raise them with a In the morning he would them with a song
And he wrote his words to the of the day To be passed along the union And the strikes were led and the were spread And Joe Hill was always on the Yes, Joe Hill was always on the
Now, in Salt Lake a murder was made There was hardly a to find Oh, the proof was poor but the sheriff was Joe was the killer of the Joe was the killer of the crime
Joe raised his hands but they him down He had but guilt to give It's a I need and they left him to bleed He made it 'cause he had the will to Yes, he made it 'cause he had the will to
the trial was held in a building of wood And there the would be named And the weighed more than the cold copper ore 'Cause he feared that he was framed 'Cause he out that he was being framed
Oh, strange are the of western law are the ways of fate For the government to the mine owner's call That the judge was appointed by the Yes, the judge was appointed by the
Oh, Utah justice can be had but not for a man And Joe was warned by summer early That there'd be one singer in the land There'd be one singer in the land
Now, William Spry was Spry And a was his to hold On the last appeal, a governor's tear "May the Lord have on your soul May the have mercy on your soul"
Even President held up the day But even he would For heard the soul searching words Of the soul in the Salt Lake jail Of the soul in the Salt Lake City
For 36 years he lived out his And he than played his part For his songs that he made, he was carefully With a rifle bullet in his heart With a rifle buried in his heart
Yes, they lined Joe up against the wall Blindfold over his It's the life of a rebel that he to live It's the of a rebel that he died It's the death of a that he died
Now, some say Joe was as charged And say he wasn't even there And I guess nobody will ever 'Cause the court all disappeared 'Cause the court records all
Say wherever you go in this fair land in union hall In the dusty dark these words are In between all the cracks upon the In all the cracks upon the wall
the very last line that Joe Hill wrote When he knew that his days through "Boys, this is my last and final Good luck to all of you, good to all of you"