Clyde and the Milltailers - Which Side Are You On?

Oh my mother never taught me how to play guitar or write songs
Never taught me about was right never taught what me was
One thing that she taught me before she left me behind
Is that you never want to cross that unions picket line

Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on

My mother took me to the mine where the workers were on strike
The company had brought in scabs to break the unions fight
That policeman asked my mother to please step aside
She threw her fist and every rock around her she could find

Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on

Ludlow Colorado 1914
We can thank Teddy Roosevelt and Rockefeller for killing twenty in their sleep
Those soldiers following orders those miners fighting for their rights
Those soldiers didn't know those miners had more that shovels and knifes

Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
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
So come all good workers take it how you can
Will you be a dirty scab or will yo be a man

Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on

Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on
Which side are you on boy
Which side are you on

Written by:
Florence Reece

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