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<b>Which Side Are You On?</b>

Come all of you good workers
Good news to you I'll tell
Of how that good old union
Has come in here to dwell

<i>Chorus</i>
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

My daddy was a miner
And I'm a miner's son
And I'll stick with the union
Till every battle's won

They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J.H. Blair

Oh, workers can you stand it?
Oh, tell me how you can
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?

Don't scab for the bosses
Don't listen to their lies
Us poor folks haven't got a chance
Unless we organize

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trolle On Apr 19, 2002

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2002-04-19 17:58:58

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UNIONIZE !!! ORGANIZE !!! thats what this song means.

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