Talking Union Pete Seeger

If you want higher wages, let me tell you what to do;
You got to talk to the workers in the shop with you;
You got to build you a union, got to make it strong
But if you all stick together, now, ‘twont be long
You'll get shorter hours
Better working conditions
Vacations with pay
Take your kids to the seashore

It ain't quite this simple, so I better explain
Just why you got to ride on the union train;
‘Cause if you wait for the boss to raise your pay, We'll all be waiting till Judgment Day;
We'll all he buried - gone to Heaven -
Saint Peter'll be the straw boss then

Now, you know you're underpaid, but the boss says you ain't;
He speeds up the work till you're ‘bout to faint
You may be down and out, but you ain't beaten
Pass out a leaflet and call a meetin'
Talk it over - speak your mind -
Decide to do something about it

‘Course, the boss may persuade some poor damn fool To go to your meeting and act like a stool;
But you can always tell a stool, though - that's a fact;
He's got a yellow streak running down his back;
He doesn't have to stool - he'll always make a good living
On what he takes out of blind men's cups