[00:00.000] 作曲 : David Stefan Rovics
[00:03.815]Joel Haglund came from Sweden
[00:05.838]Which was very far from Eden
[00:07.971]By the time he left most of his family died
[00:11.778]His sisters and his mother
[00:13.721]His father and his brothers
[00:15.565]So with one remaining sibling at his side
[00:20.242]He got a notion
[00:21.512]To sail across the ocean
[00:23.427]Where he heard the streets were paved with gold
[00:27.072]Not long after his arrival
[00:29.367]As he toiled for survival
[00:31.131]He realized the bill of goods that he’d been sold
[00:35.320]He got a whole lot wiser
[00:37.200]Became an organizer
[00:39.182]And he organized with artistry and skill
[00:42.807]He spoke up, raised his fist
[00:44.965]Got right on the blacklist
[00:47.044]That’s why he changed his name to Joe Hill
[00:51.139]He heard that it was best
[00:53.011]If he headed to the west
[00:54.907]Where the Industrial Workers of the World
[00:58.887]Were finding the solutions
[01:00.804]For making revolution
[01:02.586]With red songbook and red flag unfurled
[01:06.410]A hundred years ago the bard
[01:08.685]With the union card
[01:10.621]Proved his music was too powerful, too strong
[01:14.660]They couldn’t stand the sound
[01:16.711]They had to take him down
[01:18.537]Lest he organize the working class in song
[01:24.603]Soon as he paid his dues
[01:26.491]He tried hard to light the fuse
[01:28.708]Speaking, singing, writing lyrics and cartoons
[01:32.639]He sent off the whole mess
[01:34.664]To the Wobbly press
[01:36.546]And they sang his songs as they fought the goons
[01:40.701]He joined a singing movement
[01:42.787]That fought for improvement
[01:44.662]By abolishing wage-slavery worldwide
[01:48.592]He sang the Wobbly line
[01:50.481]Beseeching workers to combine
[01:52.249]Learn from Mr Block — the bosses lied
[01:56.066]A hundred years ago the bard
[01:58.414]With the union card
[02:00.392]Proved his music was too powerful, too strong
[02:04.385]They couldn’t stand the sound
[02:06.439]They had to take him down
[02:08.358]Lest he organize the working class in song
[02:30.399]His life would be cut short
[02:32.368]By a kangaroo court
[02:34.582]Eager to determine one man’s fate
[02:38.262]Evidence was circumstantial
[02:40.352]But that’s inconsequential
[02:42.498]When you’ve become an enemy of the state
[02:46.114]They put him up against the wall
[02:48.413]And that was all
[02:50.511]They gunned him down in 1915
[02:53.615]He took all the bullets he could take
[02:56.011]There by the Salt Lake
[02:57.982]For being the best bard they’d ever seen
[03:01.415]A hundred years ago the bard
[03:03.765]With the union card
[03:05.598]Proved his music was too powerful, too strong
[03:09.775]They couldn’t stand the sound
[03:11.817]They had to take him down
[03:13.653]Lest he organize the working class in song
[03:17.421]A hundred years ago the bard
[03:19.968]With the union card
[03:21.678]Proved his music was too powerful, too strong
[03:25.711]They couldn’t stand the sound
[03:27.618]They had to take him down
[03:29.534]Lest he organize the working class in song
[03:33.485]Lest he organize the working class in song

作曲 : David Stefan Rovics
Joel Haglund came from Sweden
Which was very far from Eden
By the time he left most of his family died
His sisters and his mother
His father and his brothers
So with one remaining sibling at his side
He got a notion
To sail across the ocean
Where he heard the streets were paved with gold
Not long after his arrival
As he toiled for survival
He realized the bill of goods that he’d been sold
He got a whole lot wiser
Became an organizer
And he organized with artistry and skill
He spoke up, raised his fist
Got right on the blacklist
That’s why he changed his name to Joe Hill
He heard that it was best
If he headed to the west
Where the Industrial Workers of the World
Were finding the solutions
For making revolution
With red songbook and red flag unfurled
A hundred years ago the bard
With the union card
Proved his music was too powerful, too strong
They couldn’t stand the sound
They had to take him down
Lest he organize the working class in song
Soon as he paid his dues
He tried hard to light the fuse
Speaking, singing, writing lyrics and cartoons
He sent off the whole mess
To the Wobbly press
And they sang his songs as they fought the goons
He joined a singing movement
That fought for improvement
By abolishing wage-slavery worldwide
He sang the Wobbly line
Beseeching workers to combine
Learn from Mr Block — the bosses lied
A hundred years ago the bard
With the union card
Proved his music was too powerful, too strong
They couldn’t stand the sound
They had to take him down
Lest he organize the working class in song
His life would be cut short
By a kangaroo court
Eager to determine one man’s fate
Evidence was circumstantial
But that’s inconsequential
When you’ve become an enemy of the state
They put him up against the wall
And that was all
They gunned him down in 1915
He took all the bullets he could take
There by the Salt Lake
For being the best bard they’d ever seen
A hundred years ago the bard
With the union card
Proved his music was too powerful, too strong
They couldn’t stand the sound
They had to take him down
Lest he organize the working class in song
A hundred years ago the bard
With the union card
Proved his music was too powerful, too strong
They couldn’t stand the sound
They had to take him down
Lest he organize the working class in song
Lest he organize the working class in song