NOTES: This song appears as part of the soundtrack to the video production, 'Celebrating May Day: The Activists Speak', launched on Friday, May 10, 2002. The video was produced by Avante Media for the South Australian May Day Committee. The song was also released on a three song CD-R to coincide with the launch of the above production.

 

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We Stand Together
© 2002, Jim Lesses. All Rights Reserved.
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When government and boss conspire... We Stand Together!
We’ll greet them with a union fire... We Stand Together!
When scabs and guards ignore our signs... We Stand Together!
We’ll face them with our picket lines... We Stand Together!

CHORUS
We Stand Together, through the darkness and the light,
We Stand Together, and we won’t give up the fight.
When workers struggle side by side, to win their rightful share,
We proudly raise our banners high, and join the union there.

When bosses try to cut our pay... We Stand Together!
United will we win the day, when... We Stand Together!
And when they shut the factories down... We Stand Together!
We know our rights, we stand our ground, and... We Stand Together!

CHORUS

When workers heed the union call... We Stand Together!
It’s all for one, and one for all, when... We Stand Together!
When workers of the world unite... We Stand Together!
The world will tremble at the sight, when... We Stand Together!

CHORUS

CODA:
When workers struggle side by side, to win their rightful share,
We proudly raise our banners high, and join the union there.

The song has a simple structure designed to make it easy for activists everywhere to add their own verses as their particular situation dictates.

Example’s of additional lyrics

Seafarers
When sailors ride the stormy seas... We Stand Together!
Some owners ship in what they please... We Stand Together!
But ships must meet the union call... We Stand Together!
Or they won’t sail the seas at all... We Stand Together!

Miners
When miners toil below the ground... We Stand Together!
And listen for each warning sound... We Stand Together!
We will not watch while miners bleed... We Stand Together!
And owners rub their hands with greed... We Stand Together!

General
We stoke the fires with sweat and blood... We Stand Together!
But still they drag us through the mud... We Stand Together!
They cast us off at every hand... We Stand Together!
We shout, Enough! and make our stand... We Stand Together!


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