There is power in a factory, power in the land
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Power in the hands of a worker
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But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand
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There is power in a Union
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Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers' blood
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The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for
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From the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud
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War has always been the bosses' way, sir
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The Union forever defending our rights
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Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
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With our brothers and our sisters from many far off lands
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There is power in a Union
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Now I long for the morning that they realise
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Brutality and unjust laws can not defeat us
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But who'll defend the workers who cannot organise
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When the bosses send their lackies out to cheat us?
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Money speaks for money, the Devil for his own
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Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone?
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What a comfort to the widow, a light to the child
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There is power in a Union
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The Union forever defending our rights
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Down with the blackleg, all workers unite
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With our brothers and our sisters together we will stand
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There is power in a Union.
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There Is Power In A Union
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| Billy Bragg |
