Pete Seeger, Union Song
Pete Seeger at the Clearwater Festival 2007
photo by Anthony Pepitone
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Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Claire
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
My daddy was a miner
And I'm a miner's son
He'll be with you fellow workers
Until this battle's won
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
Oh workers can you stand it?
Oh tell me how you can
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
Come all you good workers
Good news to you I'll tell
Of how the good old union
Has come in here to dwell
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Claire
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
My daddy was a miner
And I'm a miner's son
He'll be with you fellow workers
Until this battle's won
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
Oh workers can you stand it?
Oh tell me how you can
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
Come all you good workers
Good news to you I'll tell
Of how the good old union
Has come in here to dwell
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on? Tell me,
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
Which Side Are You On? is a song written by Florence Reece in 1931. Reece was the wife of Sam Reece, a union organizer for the United Mine Workers in Harlan County, Kentucky. In 1931, the miners of that region were locked in a bitter and violent struggle with the mine owners. In an attempt to intimidate the Reece family, Sheriff J. H. Blair and his men (hired by the mining company) illegally entered their family home in search of Sam Reece. Sam had been warned in advance and escaped, but Florence and their children were terrorized in his place. That night, after the men had gone, Florence wrote the lyrics to Which Side Are You On? on a calendar that hung in the kitchen of her home. She took the melody from a traditional Baptist hymn, Lay the Lily Low.
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