Solidarity Forever by Pete Seeger

[Verse 1]
         
When the union

's inspiration

 through the w

orkers' blood 

shall run,
             
There can be n

              
o power greate

             
r anywhere ben

         
eath the sun;
             
Yet what force

              
 on earth is w

              
eaker than the

            
 feeble streng

      
th of one,
            
But the union 

       
makes us stron

g.

[Chorus]

Solidarity for

ever,
          
Solidarity for

ever,
             
Solidarity for

 
ever,
            
For the union 

       
makes us stron

g.

[Verse 2]
         
Is there aught

 we hold in co

mmon with the 

greedy parasit

e,
             
Who would lash

              
 us into serfd

             
om and would c

              
rush us with h

   
is might?
             
Is there anyth

              
ing left to us

            
 but to organi

       
ze and fight?
            
For the union 

       
makes us stron

g.

[Chorus]

Solidarity for

ever,
          
Solidarity for

ever,
             
Solidarity for

 
ever,
            
For the union 

       
makes us stron

g.

[Verse 3]
      
It is we who p

lowed the prai

ries; built th

e cities where

 they trade;
             
Dug the mines 

              
and built the 

              
workshops, end

             
less miles of 

         
railroad laid;
             
Now we stand o

              
utcast and sta

              
rving midst th

            
e wonders we h

    
ave made;
            
But the union 

       
makes us stron

g.

[Chorus]

Solidarity for

ever,
          
Solidarity for

ever,
             
Solidarity for

 
ever,
            
For the union 

       
makes us stron

g.

[Verse 4]
        
All the world 

that's owned b

y idle drones 

is ours and ou

rs alone.
             
We have laid t

              
he wide founda

              
tions; built i

             
t skyward ston

     
e by stone.
             
It is ours, no

              
t to slave in,

            
 but to master

        
 and to own.
            
While the unio

         
n makes us str

ong.

[Chorus]

Solidarity for

ever,
          
Solidarity for

ever,
             
Solidarity for

 
ever,
            
For the union 

       
makes us stron

g.

[Verse 5]
          
They have take

n untold milli

ons that they 

never toiled t

o earn,
             
But without ou

              
r brain and mu

             
scle not a sin

              
gle wheel can 


turn.
             
We can break t

              
heir haughty p

              
ower, gain our

            
 freedom when 

   
we learn
            
That the union

        
 makes us stro

ng.

[Chorus]

Solidarity for

ever,
          
Solidarity for

ever,
             
Solidarity for

 
ever,
            
For the union 

       
makes us stron

g.

[Verse 6]
       
In our hands i

s placed a pow

er greater tha

n their hoarde

d gold,
             
Greater than t

              
he might of ar

             
mies, magnified

            
 a thousand-fo

ld.
             
We can bring t

              
o birth a new 

              
world from the

            
 ashes of the 


old
            
For the union 

       
makes us stron

g.

[Chorus]

Solidarity for

ever,
          
Solidarity for

ever,
             
Solidarity for

 
ever,
            
For the union 

       
makes us stron

g.