Joe Hill over from Sweden shores Looking for some to do And the of Liberty waved him by As Joe come a through, Joe Hill As Joe come a sailing
Oh his were 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 hired by a bar Sweeping up the As his rag would sail over the rail like he whistled on a tune You almost hear him whistling on a tune
And Joe on from job to job From the to the railroad line And no matter how hungry the that wrote In his he was always doing fine In his letters he was always doing
Oh, the years by like the sun goin' down Slowly turn the and when Joe back at the sweat upon his tracks He had to show but his age He had to show but his age
So he out for the California shore There things just as bad So he joined the industrial workers of the the union was the only friend he had 'Cause the was the only friend he had
Now, the were bloody and the strikes Were black as as they were long In the dark of Joe would stay awake and write In the morning he would raise with a song In the morning he raise them with a song
And he wrote his words to the of the day To be passed along the union And the strikes led and the songs were spread And Joe was always on the line Yes, Joe Hill was on the line
Now, in Salt City a murder was made There was hardly a to find Oh, the was poor but the sheriff was sure Joe was the of the crime That Joe was the killer of the
Joe raised his but they shot 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 to live Yes, he made it 'cause he had the to live
Then the trial was held in a of wood And there the killer be named And the days more than the cold copper ore he feared that he was being framed 'Cause he found out that he was framed
Oh, are the ways of western law Strange are the ways of For the government to the mine owner's call the judge was appointed by the state Yes, the judge was appointed by the
Oh, Utah justice can be had but not for a man And Joe was warned by summer morn That be one less singer in the land be one less singer in the land
Now, Spry was Governor Spry And a was his to hold On the last appeal, fell a tear "May the Lord have on your soul May the Lord mercy on your soul"
President Wilson held up the day But even he fail For nobody heard the soul words Of the soul in the Salt City jail Of the soul in the Salt Lake jail
For 36 years he out his days And he more played his part For his songs he made, he was carefully paid a rifle bullet buried in his heart With a rifle bullet in his heart
Yes, they lined Joe Hill up against the Blindfold his eyes It's the life of a rebel that he chose to It's the of a rebel that he died It's the death of a rebel he died
Now, some say Joe was as charged And some say he wasn't there And I nobody will ever know 'Cause the court records all the court records all disappeared
Say wherever you go in fair land in every union hall In the dusty dark these are marked In between all the cracks the wall In between all the upon the wall
It's the very last line that Joe Hill When he knew that his were through "Boys, this is my last and will Good to all of you, good luck to all of you"