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I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night

Alfred Hayes
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I DREAMED I SAW JOE HILL LAST NIGHT

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
Alive as you and me.
Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
"I never died" said he,
"I never died" said he.

"In Salt Lake, Joe," says I to him,
him standing by my bed,
"They framed you on a murder charge,"
Says Joe, "But I ain't dead,"
Says Joe, "But I ain't dead."

"The Copper Bosses killed you Joe,
they shot you Joe" says I.
"Takes more than guns to kill a man"
Says Joe "I didn't die"
Says Joe "I didn't die"

And standing there as big as life
and smiling with his eyes.
Says Joe "What they can never kill
went on to organize,
went on to organize"

From San Diego up to Maine,
in every mine and mill,
where working-men defend their rights,
it's there you find Joe Hill,
it's there you find Joe Hill!

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
alive as you and me.
Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
"I never died" said he,
"I never died" said he.
昨夜我梦见乔.希尔

昨夜我梦见乔.希尔活着,
像我也像你。
我说:“可是你已死了十年了。”
他说:“我从来没有死,
我从来没有死。”

我说:“他们在盐湖城,
诬陷你犯了谋杀罪。”
他站在我床前说:
“但我从没有死,
但我从没有死。”

我说:“铜矿老板们杀死了你
乔,他们朝你射击。”
“光用枪是杀不死一个人的,”
乔说,“我并没有死,
我并没有死。”

他骄傲地站在我面前,
两眼在微笑。
乔说:“凡是没被他们杀掉的人;
继续抱成团,
继续抱成团。”

“乔.希尔没有死,”他对我说,
“乔.希尔从来没有死。
哪里有工人在斗争,
乔.希尔就在哪里,
乔.希尔就在哪里。”


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