Joe come 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 coarse and his were high As he headed for the land And it took a few weeks on the streets he began to understand Before he began to
And Joe got by a Bowery bar up the saloon As his rag sail over the barroom rail like he whistled on a tune You could almost hear him whistling on a
And Joe rolled on job to job From the docks to the railroad And no how hungry the hand that wrote In his letters he was always doing In his letters he was always fine
Oh, the went by like the sun goin' down Slowly turn the and when Joe Looked back at the sweat upon his He had nothing to but his age He had nothing to but his age
So he out for the California shore There things 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 strikes were and the strikes black as hard as they were long In the dark of night Joe would stay awake and In the morning he would raise with a song In the morning he would raise them a song
And he wrote his words to the of the day To be passed along the vine And the strikes were led and the were spread And Joe Hill was always on the Yes, Joe was always on the line
Now, in Salt City a murder was made was hardly a clue to find Oh, the was poor but the sheriff was sure Joe was the of the crime Joe was the killer of the crime
Joe raised his but they shot him down He had nothing but guilt to It's a I need and they left him to bleed He it 'cause he had the will to live 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 days more than the cold copper ore 'Cause he feared that he was being 'Cause he found out that he was being
Oh, strange are the ways of law Strange are the of fate For the government crawled to the owner's call the judge was appointed by the state Yes, the judge was by the state
Oh, Utah can be had but not for a union man And Joe was warned by summer morn That be one less singer in the land be one less singer in the land
Now, William was Governor Spry And a was his to hold On the appeal, fell a governor's tear "May the have mercy on your soul May the Lord mercy on your soul"
President Wilson held up the day But even he fail For nobody the soul searching words Of the in the Salt Lake 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 With a rifle bullet in his heart With a rifle buried in his heart
Yes, they Joe Hill up against the wall Blindfold his eyes It's the life of a that he chose to live It's the of a rebel that he died It's the death of a rebel that he
Now, say Joe was guilty as charged And some say he wasn't there And I guess will ever know 'Cause the records all disappeared 'Cause the records all disappeared
Say wherever you go in this fair land in every union In the dusty these words are marked In between all the cracks the wall In between all the upon the wall
It's the very last that Joe Hill wrote When he knew his days were through "Boys, is my last and final will Good luck to all of you, luck to all of you"