Joe Hill come over Sweden shores for some work to do And the of Liberty waved him by As Joe come a through, Joe Hill As Joe a sailing through
Oh his clothes were coarse and his hopes were As he headed for the land And it a few weeks 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 on a tune You could almost hear him on a tune
And Joe rolled on job to job From the docks to the railroad And no matter how hungry the hand wrote In his letters he was always fine In his letters he was doing fine
Oh, the years went by like the sun down Slowly turn the and when Joe Looked back at the upon his tracks He had nothing to but his age He had nothing to but his age
So he headed out for the shore things were 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 Were black as hard as they were In the dark of Joe would stay awake and write In the he would raise them with a song In the morning he would raise with a song
And he wrote his words to the of the day To be passed the union vine 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 City a murder was made was hardly a clue to find Oh, the proof was poor but the was sure Joe was the of the crime That Joe was the killer of the
Joe raised his hands but shot him down He had but guilt to give It's a doctor I need and left him to bleed He it 'cause he had the will to live Yes, he made it 'cause he had the to live
Then the was held in a building of wood And there the would be named And the days weighed 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 are the ways of fate For the government crawled to the mine owner's That the was appointed by the state Yes, the was appointed by the state
Oh, Utah can be had but not for a union man And Joe was warned by summer early That there'd be one singer in the land There'd be one less in the land
Now, William was Governor Spry And a life was his to On the appeal, fell a governor's tear "May the Lord have mercy on soul May the Lord have mercy on soul"
Even President Wilson up the day But even he fail For nobody heard the soul searching Of the soul in the Salt City jail Of the in the Salt Lake City jail
For 36 years he out his days And he more than his part For his songs that he made, he was carefully With a rifle buried in his heart With a rifle buried in his heart
Yes, they Joe Hill up against the wall Blindfold his eyes It's the of a rebel that he chose to live It's the death of a rebel that he It's the of a rebel that he died
Now, say Joe was guilty as charged And say he wasn't even there And I nobody will ever know 'Cause the records all disappeared 'Cause the court all disappeared
Say wherever you go in this fair land in union hall In the dark these words are marked In all the cracks upon the wall In between all the upon the wall
It's the last line that Joe Hill wrote When he knew that his days were "Boys, this is my last and will Good to all of you, good luck to all of you"