Pete Seeger’s live version of “Which Side Are You On?” – a song written by Florence Reece in 1931- was released on ‘Pete Seeger’s Greatest Hits’ album in 1967. Reece was the wife of Sam Reece, a union organizer for the United Mine Workers in Harlan County, Kentucky. In 1931, the miners of that region were locked in a bitter and violent struggle with the mine owners called the Harlan County War.
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?They say in Harlan County
There are no neutrals there.
You’ll either be a union man
Or a thug for J. H. Blair.Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on boys?
Which side are you on?My dady was a miner,
And I’m a miner’s son,
He’ll be with you fellow workers
Until this battle’s won.Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?Oh workers can you stand it?
Oh tell me how you can?
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you be a man?Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?Come all you good workers,
Good news to you I’ll tell
Of how the good old union
Has come in here to dwell.Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Mar 04 2020