Παλιά τραγούδια του Αμερικανικού εργατικού κινήματος

"Rebel Girl", στίχοι και μουσική του Joe Hill

There are women of many descriptions

In this queer world, as everyone knows,

Some are living in beautiful mansions,

And are wearing the finest of clothes.

There are blue blooded queens and princesses,

Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl;

But the only and thoroughbred lady

Is the Rebel Girl.

That's the Rebel Girl, That's the Rebel Girl.

To the working class she's a precious pearl.

She brings courage, pride and joy

To the fighting Rebel Boy

We've had girls before, but we need some more

In the Industrial Workers of the World.

For it's great to fight for freedom

With a Rebel Girl.

Yes, her hands may be harden'd from labor

And her dress may not be very fine;

But a heart in her bosom is beating

That is true to her class and her kind.

And the grafters in terror are trembling

When her spite and defiance she'll hurl.

For the only and thoroughbred lady

Is the Rebel Girl.

"Union Maid", του Woody Guthrie 

There once was a union maid, she never was afraid

Of goons and ginks and company finks and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid.
She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called,
And when the Legion boys come 'round
She always stood her ground.

Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union.
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die.

This union maid was wise to the tricks of company spies,
She couldn't be fooled by a company stool, she'd always organize the guys.
She always got her way when she struck for better pay.
She'd show her card to the National Guard
And this is what she'd say

You gals who want to be free, just take a tip from me;
Get you a man who's a union man and join the ladies' auxiliary.
Married life ain't hard when you got a union card,
A union man has a happy life when he's got a union wife.

Joe Hill - Joel Emmanuel Hägglund (1879-1915), Σουηδο-Αμερικανός αγωνιστής του εργατικού κινήματος, τραγουδοποιός,μέλος των Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, γνωστών ως "Wobblies"). Κατηγορήθηκε άδικα για φόνο και εκτελέσθηκε με τυφεκισμό.

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890 - 1964) ηγετική προσωπικότητα του εργατικού κινήματος στις ΗΠΑ και των Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), φεμινίστρια.

Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (1912 - 1967), Αμερικανός τραγουδοποιός, μουσικός της φόλκ.

Ο συνδικαλισμός, τα κορίτσια και η μουσική, από την ιστοσελίδα Пролет Καλτ

Οι στίχοι των τραγουδιών υπάρχουν μεταφρασμένοι στα Ελληνικά στην ιστοσελίδα Пролет Καλτ.