Then raise the scarlet standard high; Beneath its folds we'll live and die, Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer, We'll keep the red flag flying here. Look 'round, the Frenchman loves its blaze, The sturdy German chants its praise; In Moscow's vaults its hymns are sung, Chicago swells its surging song. It waved above our infant might When all ahead seemed dark as night; It witnessed many a deed and vow, We will not change its color now. It suits today the meek and base, Whose minds are fixed on pelf and place, To cringe beneath the rich man's frown, And haul that sacred emblem down. With heads uncovered, swear we all, To bear it onward till we fall; Come dungeons dark, or gallows grim, This song shall be our parting hymn! WHAT WE WANT BY JOE HILL (Tune: "Rainbow") We want all the workers in the world to organize Into a great big union grand And when we all united stand The world for workers we'll demand. If the working class could only see and realize What mighty power labor has Then the exploiting master class It would soon fade away. CHORUS Come all ye toilers that work for wages, Come from every land, Join the fighting band, In one union grand. Then for the workers we'll make upon this earth a paradise When the slaves get wise and organize. We want the sailor and the tailor and the lumberjacks, And all the cooks and laundry girls; We want the guy that dives for pearls, The pretty maid that's making curls, And the baker and staker and the chimneysweep; We want the man that's slinging hash, The child that works for little cash In one union grand. We want the tinner and the skinner and the chambermaid, We want the man that spikes on soles, We want the man that's digging holes, We want the man that's climbing poles. And the trucker and the mucker and the hired man, And all the factory girls and clerks-- Yes, we want every one that works, In one union grand. FOOTNOTES: [742] _I. W. W. songs to fan the flames of discontent_, 14th [General Defense] Edition, Chicago, I. W. W. Publishing Bureau, April, 1918. [743] Not published in the 14th edition. (Quoted only in part.) APPENDIX X COPIES OF STATE "CRIMINAL SYNDICALISM" STATUTES MINNESOTA CHAPTER 215--S. F. NO. 942[744] _An act defining criminal syndicalism, prohibiting the advocacy thereof and the advocacy of crime, sabotage, violence, or other unlawful methods of terrorism as a means of accomplishing industrial or political ends, and assemblage for the purpose of such advocacy; declaring it unlawful to permit the use of any place, building or rooms for such assemblage in certain cases; and providing penalties for violations of the provisions thereof._ BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: