Solidarity Forever by Ralph Chaplin
Solidarity Forever by Ralph Chaplin

Solidarity Forever

Ralph Chaplin

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Solidarity Forever by Ralph Chaplin

Release Date
Fri Jan 15 1915
Performed by
Ralph Chaplin
About

“Solidarity Forever” a labor union anthem modeled after “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” was written in 1915 by Ralph Chaplin in response to a coal miner’s strike in West Virginia.

That group of miners was unionizing with the International Workers of the World (IWW), and the song was widely adopted b...

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Solidarity Forever Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run
There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun
Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one
For the Union makes us strong

[Chorus]
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
For the Union makes us strong

[Verse 2]
Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite
Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might?
Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight?
For the union makes us strong

[Chorus]
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
For the Union makes us strong

[Verse 3]
It is we who plowed the prairies, built the cities where they trade
Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid
Now we stand outcast and starving 'midst the wonders we have made
But the union makes us strong

[Chorus]
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
For the Union makes us strong

[Verse 4]
All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone
We have laid the wide foundations, built it skyward stone by stone
It is ours, not to slave in, but to master and to own
While the union makes us strong

[Chorus]
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
For the Union makes us strong

[Verse 5]
They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn
But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn
We can break their haughty power gain our freedom when we learn
That the Union makes us strong

[Chorus]
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
For the Union makes us strong

[Verse 6]
In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold
Greater than the might of armies magnified a thousandfold
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old
For the Union makes us strong

[Chorus]
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
Solidarity forever
For the Union makes us strong

Solidarity Forever Q&A

Who wrote Solidarity Forever's ?

Solidarity Forever was written by Traditional & Ralph Chaplin.

When did Ralph Chaplin release Solidarity Forever?

Ralph Chaplin released Solidarity Forever on Fri Jan 15 1915.

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