About the Song
There's a long, long line of people
Trying to keep from crying
There's always someone dying
But today's just not the same
There's a man shot dead in Utah
With a paper heart pinned on him
Framed up without pardon
I guess you know his name
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Well, you say you saw him out last night
But I hear him every day
In the voices of the people
In the songs they sing & play
They framed him up & they shot him down
This whole wide world's his burying ground
But the songs of the working people are his marking stone
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If heaven is One Big Union
I know that's where I'll find him
Playing cards with Big Bill Haywood
Telling jokes with Mother Jones
Casey Jones & long-haired preachers
Mr. Block & Scissor Bill
"Sent to hell a-flying"
By songs no one can kill
Words & Music by Si Kahn. (c) Joe Hill Music. All rights reserved.
This song was recorded by Si Kahn & released on the Smithsonian Folkways 1990 album "Don't Mourn: Organize: Songs of Labor Organizer Joe Hill".
It was also recorded by Swedith artist Jacob Thunberg on the album "
Sånger av och om Joe Hill" (Songs by & about Joe Hill)