Which Side?

Come all of you good workers, good tidings have arrived.

Our union has the power to change our daily lives, so tell me,

Which side are you on? Which side are you on?

When the union’s inspiration through the workers’ blood shall run

There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun.

Which side are you on? Which side are you on?

They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn,

But without our brain and muscle, not a single wheel can turn.

We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn,

That the union makes us strong, yeah the union makes us strong.

Oh workers can you stand it? Please tell me how you can.

Will you be let them have their way or will you take a stand?

Which side are you on? Which side are you on?

Florence Reece was a union maid, and she never was afraid,

Of the goons and the guards and the ginks and the company finks.

She went over to the union hall when she saw that a union meeting had been called

And when the company clowns came around into town

She always held her ground and wouldn’t be put down, and she said

Which side are you on? Which side are you on?

Don’t side with the bosses. Don’t listen to their lies.

Us workers haven’t got a chance unless we organize.

Which side are you on? Which side are you on?

In out hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold,

Greater than the might of armies magnified a thousand fold.

We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old,

For the union makes us strong, yeah the union makes us strong.

United we stand, divided we fall, an injury to one is an injury to all.

We’re on the side of justice, we’re on the side of peace.

We’re on the side of workers and we join with Florence Reece in asking

Which side are you on? Which side are you on?

Gotta take a side, can’t run and hide, dig down inside and then decide,

Which side are you on? Which side are you on?

Paul McKenna Music