There is Power in a Union

<br>There is power in a factory, power in the land<br><br>Power in the hands of a worker<br><br>But it all amounts to nothing if together we dont stand there is power in a union<br><br><br><br>Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers blood<br><br>The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for<br><br>From the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud<br><br>War has always been the bosses way, sir<br><br><br><br>The union forever defending our rights<br><br>Down with the blackleg, all workers unite<br><br>With our brothers and out sisters from many far off lands<br><br>There is power in a union<br><br><br><br>Now I long for the morning that they realise<br><br>Brutality and unjust laws can not defeat us<br><br>But wholl defend the workers who cannot organise<br><br>When the bosses send their lackies out to cheat us? <br><br><br><br>Money speaks for money, the devil for his own<br><br>Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone<br><br>What a comfort to the widow, a light to the child<br><br>There is power in a union<br><br><br><br>The union forever defending our rights<br><br>Down with the blackleg, all workers unite<br><br>With our brothers and out sisters from many far off lands<br><br>There is power in a union.