Union Songs

Miner's Lifeguard

Miner's life is like a sailor's
'Board a ship to cross the waves
Ev'ry day his life's in danger
Still he ventures being brave
Watch the rocks, they're falling daily
Careless miners always fail
Keep your hand upon the dollar
And your eye upon the scale

Chorus

Union miners stand together
Heed no operator's tale
Keep your hand upon the dollar
And your eye upon the scale

Soon this trouble will be ended
Union men will have their rights
After many years of bondage
Digging days and digging nights
Then by honest weight we labor
Union workers never fail
Keep your hand upon the dollar
And your eye upon the scale

Let no union man be weakened
By newspapers' false reports
Be like sailors on the ocean
Trusting in their safe lifeboats
Let your lifeboat be Jehovah
Those who trust Him never fail
Keep your hand upon the dollar
And your eye upon the scale

You've been docked and docked, my boys
You've been loading two to one
What have you to show for working
Since this mining has begun
Overalls and cans for rockers
In your shanties, sleep on rails
Keep your hand upon the dollar
And your eye upon the scale

In conclusion, bear in memory
Keep the password in your mind
God provides for every nation
When in union they combine
Stand like men and linked together
Victory for you'll prevail
Keep your hand upon the dollar
And your eye upon the scale

Notes

From The  Digital Tradition

1890's parody on "Life is Like a Mountain Railway"



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union songs..........a selection by mark gregory