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Song For Bridges - Pete Seeger
Let me tell you of a sailor

Harry Bridges is his name

An honest union leader
Who the bosses tried to frame

He left home in Australia
To sail the seas around
He sailed across the ocean
To land in Frisco town

There was only a company union
The bosses had their way
A worker had to stand in line
For a lousy dollar a day

When up spoke Harry Bridges
Us workers got to get wise
Our wives and kids will starve to death
If we don't get organized
Oh the FBI is worried
The bosses they are scared
They can't deport six million men they know
And we're not going to let them
Send Harry over the sea
We'll fight for Harry Bridges
And build the C I O

They built a big bonfire
By the matson lines that night
They threw their fink books in it
And they said we're gonna fight
You've got to pay a livin' wage
Or we're gonna take a walk

They told it to the bosses
But the bosses wouldn't talk

They said there's only one way left
To get that contract signed

And all around the waterfront
They threw their picket line

They called it bloody Thursday

The fifth day of July
For a hundred men were wounded
And two were left to die
Oh the FBI is worried
The bosses they are scared
They can't deport six million men they know

And we're not going to let them
Send Harry over the sea
We'll fight for Harry Bridges
And build the C I O

Now that was seven years ago
And in the time since then

Harry's organized thousands more
And made them union men

We must try to bribe him
The shipping bosses said
And if he won't accept a bribe
We'll say that he's a red

The bosses brought a trial
To deport him over the sea
But the judge said he's an honest man
I got to set him free

Then they brought another trial
To frame him if they can

But right by Harry Bridges
Stands every working man
Oh the FBI is worried

The bosses they are scared
They can't deport six million men they know

And we're not going to let them
Send Harry over the sea
We'll fight for Harry Bridges
And build the C I O