# Songs of the Workers (15th edition)

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THE PREAMBLE OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of working people and the few, who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life.
Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of the earth and the machinery of production, and abolish the wage system.
We find that the centering of management of the industries into fewer and fewer hands makes the trade unions unable to cope with the ever growing power of the employing class. The trade unions foster a state of affairs which allows one set of workers to be pitted against another set of workers in the same industry, thereby helping defeat one another in wage wars. Moreover, the trade unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into the belief that the working class have interests in common with their employers.
These conditions can be changed and the interest of the working class upheld only by an organization formed in such a way that all its members in any one industry, or in all industries if necessary, cease work whenever a strike or lockout is on in any department thereof, thus making an injury to one an injury to all.
Instead of the conservative motto, "A fair day's wage for a fair day's work," we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, "Abolition of the wage system."
It is the historic mission of the working class to do away with capitalism. The army of production must be organized, not only for the every-day struggle with capitalists, but also to carry on production when capitalism shall have been overthrown. By organizing industrially we are forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old.
SONGS OF THE WORKERS
ON THE ROAD IN THE JUNGLES AND IN THE SHOPS
FIFTEENTH EDITION
CHICAGO
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
OCTOBER, 1919
INDEX
Joe Hill
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​FELLOW WORKERS:
On the industrial battlefield of America there rages today one of the most sanguinary struggles that the world of labor has ever known. It is the age long struggle between the workers and the masters, quickened and intensified by awakening labor and the desire of the masters to crush forever, organized efforts of the workers to better their conditions.
Our previous appeals you have responded to generously, but perhaps you do not realize the stupendous task that confronts us. In Leavenworth we have more than a hundred members confined. In Omaha we have fifty or more to go to trial. In Kansas City, Kansas, thirty-six are to be tried. In Los Angeles the masters are demanding that fifteen more be sent to prison. In Sacramento and vicinity we have about a hundred, and there are hundreds more scattered throughout the country, all of whom must be defended.
Every dollar spent in the defense of these class war prisoners is a step toward Industrial Democracy. We are putting our case, our principles and our program before the workers of the world. The result will be beneficial to us. Let us make this the last time that it will be necessary to appeal for funds to fight our battle in the courts. We can do it. The powers that are crying for the blood of our fellow workers are the enemies of all workers.
We call upon you to do your utmost to help us raise funds. Protect yourself by protecting those who fight for you. Put your own name down for as large an amount as possible. Get your friends to contribute. Do not wait until it is too late. Do it today!
Contributors will receive receipt for each remittance. Make all Money Orders and Checks payable to William D. Haywood, Secretary, General Defense Committee, 1001 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois.
SONGS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
There have been repeated requests for the I. W. W. SONGS WITH MUSIC in a more popular form. The following are the songs now ready, or on the press. This list will be added to from time to time.
Each song is neatly printed on high grade paper in the form of a unique and very artistic pamphlet. The covers are of durable stock, of various shades of color. On each cover is an appropriate and stirring drawing representing the spirit of the song.
* We Have Fed You All for a Thousand Years—
    Words by an Unknown Proletarian.
    Music by Rudolph von Liebich.
* Funeral Song of a Russian Revolutionist—
    Translation by Douglas and music by Rudolph von Liebich.
* The Advancing Proletaire—
    Words by Douglas. Music by Rudolph von Liebich.
* Don't Take My Papa Away from Me—
    Words and music by Joe Hill.
* The Rebel Girl—
    Words and Music by Joe Hill.
* Workers of the World, Awaken!—
    Words and music by Joe Hill.
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INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
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