Author Joe Hill
There Is Power in a Union
DÄR ÄR MAKT I EN UNION
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/22 - 10:58
Audio link to the song performed by Laulava Unioni (The Singing Union) on their 2019 album Tie vapauteen (The Way to Freedom):
UNIOSSA ON VOIMAA
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2022/3/5 - 10:55
Stung Right
These lyrics have been written by an unknown Finnish-American author, propably a Wobbly, i.e. a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or »tuplajuulainen« (a double-u'er) as the Finnish Wobblies used to call themselves. This is clearly shown by the word »skääppi«, a Finglish equivalent of the English word scab. And scabs are what this version of the song is all about.
KARVAJALKA
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2021/11/8 - 14:34
Workers of the World, Awaken
This Finnish-American Wobbly version of the song by an unknown author was first published in 1918 in Proletaari Lauluja (Proletarian Songs, Workers Socialist Publishing Company, Duluth, Minnesota). According to Ilpo Saunio & Timo Tuovinen’s book Edestä aattehen - suomalaisia työväenlauluja 1890 - 1938 (For the Cause - Finnish Working Class Songs 1890 - 1938, Tammi Publishing Company, Helsinki 1978), its lyricist is unknown suggesting that the Finnish music archive records crediting the almost identical lyrics of the above version (Proletaarit nouskaa) from 1928 to Hannes Saari may not be correct.
MAAILMAN PROLETAARIT NOUSKAA
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2021/11/3 - 13:42
Casey Jones, the Union Scab
Audio link to the song from 1975 performed by Turun ylioppilasteatteri (Turku Student Theatre)
ANTTI MÄNTTI, LAKKORIKKURI
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/20 - 13:29
This Finnish-American translation by an unknown author was first published in 1918 in Proletaari Lauluja (Proletarian Songs, Workers Socialist Publishing Company, Duluth, Minnesota). Interestingly, the title Puupää (blockhead) refers rather to Joe Hill's Mr. Block ) than this song.
Source: Ilpo Saunio & Timo Tuovinen: Edestä aattehen - suomalaisia työväenlauluja 1890 - 1938 (For the Cause - Finnish Working Class Songs 1890 - 1938, Tammi Publishing Company, Helsinki 1978)
Source: Ilpo Saunio & Timo Tuovinen: Edestä aattehen - suomalaisia työväenlauluja 1890 - 1938 (For the Cause - Finnish Working Class Songs 1890 - 1938, Tammi Publishing Company, Helsinki 1978)
MR. PÖLKKYPÄÄ
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2021/11/1 - 14:07
They Killed John Henry
2009
Midnight at the Movies
It seems likely that this song is about the struggle of the American laborer and the working class in industrialized society.
"Well, when John Henry died, he lay lookin' at the sun
He said 'Lord, take me now my work is done', Lord, Lord
'Lord, take me now my work is done'"
John Henry is a folk hero who is famous for his race against a steam-powered hammer, in which he raced a machine with his hammer to see who could dig a tunnel faster. While he won the race, he died of exhaustion immediately after. John Henry is often used as a symbol for the role of humans in industrialized/mechanized society. He is likely used here to symbolize the degraded worth of a human worker in a machine-based society.
"Yeah, and Joe Hill, he'd work any job he could find, boy
He'd rake your leaves and pick your vine, Lord, Lord
Rake your leaves and pick your vine
Yeah and they... (Continues)
Midnight at the Movies
It seems likely that this song is about the struggle of the American laborer and the working class in industrialized society.
"Well, when John Henry died, he lay lookin' at the sun
He said 'Lord, take me now my work is done', Lord, Lord
'Lord, take me now my work is done'"
John Henry is a folk hero who is famous for his race against a steam-powered hammer, in which he raced a machine with his hammer to see who could dig a tunnel faster. While he won the race, he died of exhaustion immediately after. John Henry is often used as a symbol for the role of humans in industrialized/mechanized society. He is likely used here to symbolize the degraded worth of a human worker in a machine-based society.
"Yeah, and Joe Hill, he'd work any job he could find, boy
He'd rake your leaves and pick your vine, Lord, Lord
Rake your leaves and pick your vine
Yeah and they... (Continues)
Well, when John Henry died he lay lookin' at the sun
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Contributed by Dq82 2021/2/7 - 11:33
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
Hold the Fort
Anonymous
Musica / Music / Musique / Sävel: Philip Bliss (1838 - 1876)
This song, written to the music of an 1870 gospel by Philip Bliss, is included in the Little Red Songbook of the Industrial Workers of the World as an »English Transport Workers' Strike Song«. Until proven otherwise, the author of the lyrics remains unknown, although in another songbook published in 1940 by the Swedish Syndicalistic Youth League and titled »Frihetssånger« (Freedom Songs), the song is credited to Joe Hill, which, however, I'm inclined to consider a homage to Swedish-born Joel Hägglund) rather than a fact.
This song, written to the music of an 1870 gospel by Philip Bliss, is included in the Little Red Songbook of the Industrial Workers of the World as an »English Transport Workers' Strike Song«. Until proven otherwise, the author of the lyrics remains unknown, although in another songbook published in 1940 by the Swedish Syndicalistic Youth League and titled »Frihetssånger« (Freedom Songs), the song is credited to Joe Hill, which, however, I'm inclined to consider a homage to Swedish-born Joel Hägglund) rather than a fact.
We meet today in Freedom's cause,
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2019/5/24 - 15:01
Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay
Con questa seconda canzone il "Tratturo Zero” va ancora oltre la dimensione territoriale internazionalista di “This land is your land" assumendone anche una politico sociale.
Si tratta qui di cantare a proposito delle prime lotte contadine, sotto forma di sabotaggi, per la conquista di una paga e un orario più dignitosi. Il riferimento e "Ta ra ra boom de ay" del sindacalista anarchico e folk singer Joe Hill. E’ qui adattata in dialetto romanesco per conservarne l‘originale ironia che più incisivamente si può esprimere con i dialetti, soprattutto quando si narrano storie cosi popolari e tragiche come il sabotaggio.
La versione originale dei 1891 è attribuita a Henry J. Sayers, invece l‘elaborazione di Joe Hill fu pubblicata per la prima volta, nel marzo del 1916, nel ”Joe Hill Memorial Edition of the industrial Worker - Little Red Songbook”.
Il testo è fondamentale per comprendere questa... (Continues)
Si tratta qui di cantare a proposito delle prime lotte contadine, sotto forma di sabotaggi, per la conquista di una paga e un orario più dignitosi. Il riferimento e "Ta ra ra boom de ay" del sindacalista anarchico e folk singer Joe Hill. E’ qui adattata in dialetto romanesco per conservarne l‘originale ironia che più incisivamente si può esprimere con i dialetti, soprattutto quando si narrano storie cosi popolari e tragiche come il sabotaggio.
La versione originale dei 1891 è attribuita a Henry J. Sayers, invece l‘elaborazione di Joe Hill fu pubblicata per la prima volta, nel marzo del 1916, nel ”Joe Hill Memorial Edition of the industrial Worker - Little Red Songbook”.
Il testo è fondamentale per comprendere questa... (Continues)
SABOTAGGIO
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Contributed by Dq82 2018/10/31 - 19:58
Workers of the World, Awaken
Audio link to the song performed by Hannes Saari and orchestra and recorded for Columbia Records on March 28, 1928
PROLETAARIT NOUSKAA
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2018/10/23 - 10:19
November Nineteenth
[1916]
Versi di John E. Nordquist, cantautore e militante dell'IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), di origini svedesi, come lo stesso Joe Hill cui la canzone è dedicata, a pochi mesi dal suo assassinio.
Sull'aria de The Red Flag
Versi di John E. Nordquist, cantautore e militante dell'IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), di origini svedesi, come lo stesso Joe Hill cui la canzone è dedicata, a pochi mesi dal suo assassinio.
Sull'aria de The Red Flag
They've shot Joe Hill, his life has fled
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Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2017/11/18 - 17:08
Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues
[1965]
Parole e musica di Bob Dylan
Singolo poi contenuto nell’album “Bringing It All Back Home”
“Non c’è bisogno di ascoltare le previsioni del tempo per sapere da che parte soffia il vento”, un verso celeberrimo che, nonostante l’apparente nichilismo del brano, all’epoca venne preso in prestito addirittura dal gruppo armato rivoluzionario, la “Weather Underground Organization”(WUO), meglio conosciuta per l’appunto come “Weatherman”, nata nel 1969 nell’Università del Michigan all’interno del movimento “Students for a Democratic Society” (SDS)
Nella canzone chiari i riferimenti a Jack Keruac (il racconto del 1958 intitolato The Subterraneans e a Chuck Berry (con la sua Too Much Monkey Business). Su moltissimi siti si riferisce anche di una relazione tra alcuni versi di “Subterranean Homesick Blues” con il testo della canzone Takin' It Easy di Woody Guthrie, ma francamente né nel testo... (Continues)
Parole e musica di Bob Dylan
Singolo poi contenuto nell’album “Bringing It All Back Home”
“Non c’è bisogno di ascoltare le previsioni del tempo per sapere da che parte soffia il vento”, un verso celeberrimo che, nonostante l’apparente nichilismo del brano, all’epoca venne preso in prestito addirittura dal gruppo armato rivoluzionario, la “Weather Underground Organization”(WUO), meglio conosciuta per l’appunto come “Weatherman”, nata nel 1969 nell’Università del Michigan all’interno del movimento “Students for a Democratic Society” (SDS)
Nella canzone chiari i riferimenti a Jack Keruac (il racconto del 1958 intitolato The Subterraneans e a Chuck Berry (con la sua Too Much Monkey Business). Su moltissimi siti si riferisce anche di una relazione tra alcuni versi di “Subterranean Homesick Blues” con il testo della canzone Takin' It Easy di Woody Guthrie, ma francamente né nel testo... (Continues)
Johnny's in the basement
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Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2017/9/5 - 14:32
Talking Union
[1941]
Scritta da Millard Lampell, Lee Hays e Pete Seeger
La canzone che dà il titolo all’album uscito nel luglio del 1941 e dedicato alla memoria di Joe Hill
Testo trovato sul solito Mudcat Café
Successivamente interpretata anche dal solo Pete Seeger, con l’attualizzazione dell’ultimo verso della penultima strofa: “You're unpatriotic, Moscow Agents, bomb throwers, even the kids”
Scritta da Millard Lampell, Lee Hays e Pete Seeger
La canzone che dà il titolo all’album uscito nel luglio del 1941 e dedicato alla memoria di Joe Hill
Testo trovato sul solito Mudcat Café
Successivamente interpretata anche dal solo Pete Seeger, con l’attualizzazione dell’ultimo verso della penultima strofa: “You're unpatriotic, Moscow Agents, bomb throwers, even the kids”
Now, if you want higher wages let me tell you what to do
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Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2017/8/23 - 13:30
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
(From the Falklands to the Balkans) I've Fought in Every War
In margine.
Curioso lo pseudonimo che Beck si è scelto per questo brano, "H. Haglund". Hägglund era il vero cognome di Joe Hill, e quella "H." chissà che non stia, appunto, per "Hill"...
Curioso lo pseudonimo che Beck si è scelto per questo brano, "H. Haglund". Hägglund era il vero cognome di Joe Hill, e quella "H." chissà che non stia, appunto, per "Hill"...
L'Anonimo Toscano del XXI Secolo 2017/1/24 - 23:01
The Preacher and the Slave, or Pie in the Sky, or Long Haired Preachers
PRÄSTEN OCH SLAVEN (Svarta präster)
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/22 - 10:49
Don't Take My Papa Away From Me
TAG INTE FRÅN MIG MIN FADER KÄR
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/25 - 10:28
Coffee An'
An employment shark the other day I went to see,
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/29 - 09:08
It's A Long Way Down To The Soupline
From the 1977 album »Joe Hillin lauluja« (Joe Hill Songs) by Turun Ylioppilasteatteri (Turku Student Theatre).
PITKÄ MATKA SOPPAJONOON
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/28 - 09:04
Nearer My Job to Thee
Musica / Music: »Nearer, My God, to Thee«
Nearer my job to thee,
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/20 - 13:21
Where the Fraser River Flows
VID FRASERS BREDA FLOD
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/27 - 14:25
Everybody's Joining It
Fellow workers, can't you hear,
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/20 - 13:04
We Will Sing One Song
From the 1977 album »Joe Hillin lauluja« (Joe Hill Songs) by Turun Ylioppilasteatteri (Turku Student Theatre).
Audio link to the song performed by Paleface & Laulava Unioni (the Singing Union) on their 2019 album Tie vapauteen (Road to Freedom):
Audio link to the song performed by Paleface & Laulava Unioni (the Singing Union) on their 2019 album Tie vapauteen (Road to Freedom):
SIISPÄ LAULAKAA
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/27 - 14:19
The Rebel Girl
From the 1977 album »Joe Hillin lauluja« (Joe Hill Songs) by Turun Ylioppilasteatteri (Turku Student Theatre).
PUNATYTTÖ
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/26 - 10:02
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Musica: overture all'opera »The Miller and his Men« (Il mugnaio e i suoi uomini)
Music: overture to the opera »The Miller and his Men«
Music: overture to the opera »The Miller and his Men«
»Oh, why don't you work
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/20 - 13:16
Should I ever be a Soldier
OM JAG NÅGONSIN SKALL STRIDA
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/25 - 10:25
John Golden and the Lawrence Strike
JOHN GOLDEN OCH STREJKEN I LAWRENCE
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/24 - 13:29
Mr. Block
Traduzione svedese / Swedish translation / Svensk översättning: Ture Nerman
MR. BLOCK
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/21 - 08:10
Traduzione svedese 2 / Swedish translation 2 / Svensk översättning 2: Sege
Pubblicato su "Marinarbetaren" (Il lavoratore marittimo) del novembre 1924. "Marinarbetaren" era una pubblicazione svedese degli IWW.
Published in »Marinarbetaren« (The Marine Worker) from November 1924. "Marinarbetaren" was a Swedish IWW magazine.
Publicerad i "Marinarbetaren", november 1924. "Marinarbetaren" var en svensk IWW-tidning.
Pubblicato su "Marinarbetaren" (Il lavoratore marittimo) del novembre 1924. "Marinarbetaren" era una pubblicazione svedese degli IWW.
Published in »Marinarbetaren« (The Marine Worker) from November 1924. "Marinarbetaren" was a Swedish IWW magazine.
Publicerad i "Marinarbetaren", november 1924. "Marinarbetaren" var en svensk IWW-tidning.
JOHAN BLOCK
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/21 - 08:12
Traduzione svedese 3 / Swedish translation 3 / Svensk översättning 3: Rune Lindström
MISTER BLOCK
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/21 - 08:13
The White Slave
Published in »Marinarbetaren« (Marine Worker) from November 1924 and in »Socialistiska kampsånger« (Socialist Fight Songs) from 1925.
DEN VITA SLAVINNAN (Den vita slaven)
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/21 - 08:08
It's A Long Way Down To The Soupline
Traduzione svedese / Swedish translation / Svensk översättning: Jacob Branting
DET ÄR LÅNG VÄG ATT GÅ I SOPPKÖN
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/20 - 16:43
Bronco Buster Flynn
Musica / Music: »Yankee Doodle«
I got your picture, Buster 1 dear,
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/20 - 13:08
Workers of the World, Awaken
Traduzione svedese 4 / Swedish translation 4 / Svensk översättning 4: Jacob Branting
VÄRLDENS ALLA SLAVAR, VAKNA
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/19 - 17:40
What We Want
Published in »Marinarbetaren« (Marine Worker) from November 1924 and in »Socialistiska kampsånger« (Socialist Fight Songs) from 1925.
VAD VI VILL
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2015/5/12 - 09:33
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Gianni Sartori
Preambolo personale da lasciar perdere o eventualmente aggiungere alla vostra serie di “E chi se ne frega?” (battuta rubata all’ottimo Bottura).
Non frequento sale cinematografiche da decenni e non avendo praticamente mai posseduto un televisore, le mie conoscenza in materia di film sono sicuramente scarse e datate. Risalgono alla fine dei sessanta e ai primi settanta la maggior parte dei miei ricordi cinematografici. Oltre a qualche pellicola precedente, degli anni cinquanta, vista da bambino nel cinema parrocchiale di Debba (tra cui “Il massacro di Fort Apache” - per Domenico Buffarini forse il primo esempio di una pellicola non apertamente razzista con i “pellerossa”). Successivamente, sempre in cinema parrocchiali, ma di Vicenza (Santa Chiara soprattutto). Al momento ne ricordo... (Continues)