Paint Er Red

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Come with us, you workingmen, and join the rebel band; 
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Come, you discontented ones, and give a helping hand, 
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We march against the parasite to drive him from the land. 
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With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 



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Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
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Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
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We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
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With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 



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In factory and field and mine we gather in our might, 
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We're on the job and know the way to win the hardest fight, 
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For the beacon that shall guide us out of darkness into light, 
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Is ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 



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Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
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Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
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We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
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With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 



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Come on, you fellows, get in line; we'll fill the boss with fears; 
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Red's the color of our flag, it's stained with blood and tears- 
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We'll flout it in his ugly mug and ring our loudest cheers 
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For ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

 

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Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
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Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
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We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
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With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 



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"Slaves" they call us "working plugs," inferior by birth, 
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But when we hit their pocketbooks we'll spoil their smiles or mirth- 
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We'll stop their dirty dividends and drive them from the earth 
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With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

 

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Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
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Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
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We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
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With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 



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We hate their rotten system more than any mortals do, 
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Our aim is not to patch it up, but built it all anew, 
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And what we'll have for government, when finally we're through, 
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Is ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

 

                      C                  G 
Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
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Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
G                     C          G           B7 
We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
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With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION!