Come all of you poor workers
Good news to you I'll tell
Of how that good old union
Has come in here to dwell

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We are starting our good battle
We know we're sure to win
Because we got the gun thugs
Looking pretty thin

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They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there
You'll either be a union man
Or a thug for J.H. Blair

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Oh, workers can you stand it?
Oh, tell me how you can
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?

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Oh death, oh death
Please spare me over for another year
Oh death, oh death
Please spare me over for another year

My daddy was a miner
He's now in the air and sun
He'll be with you fellow workers
Till every battle's won

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