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Which Side Are You On?

Florence Reece
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Broadside #57, Aprile 1965

Come all of you good people
You women and you men
Once more our backs are to the wall
We're being attacked again

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

We've fought a million battles
To defend our hard-won rights
We're going to have to fight again
And I ask you here tonight

Thatcher sent MacGregor
To smash the NUM
And break the workers' unity
And I ask you once again

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

The Tories rant and tear their hair
And shout 'democracy'
But the kind the Tories have in mind
Is not for you or me

Their screaming about ballots
Is pure hypocrisy
If they care so much for ballots
What about the GLC?

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

By bully boys in uniforms
And thugs with riot shields
Our comrades' blood is being shed
But still they will not yield

It's time for a decision
And you really have to choose
Support the miners' struggle
Or the next in line is you

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

Come all you bourgeoise black men
With all your excess fat
A few days in the county jail
Will sure get rid of that. (Spoken: Everybody now)

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

Come all you northern liberals
Take a Klansman out to lunch
But when you dine, instead of wine.
You should serve non-violent punch.
(Won't you tell me now) .

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

Come all you rough.tough bullies
Forget your knives and guns
Non-violence is the only way
The battle can.be won. (I want to know now)

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

Come all you high-toned college girls
Pronounce your final "g's"
But don't forget your grandma
She's still scrubbin on her knees. (You'd better
tell me now)

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

You need not join our picket line
If you can't stand the blows
But join your dimes with dollars
Or be counted with our foes. (I really want to
know now)

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

Come all you uncle toms,
Take that hankie from your head .
Forget your fears and shed a tear
For the life of shame you've lead. (You'd better
tell me now)

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

I heard that Governor Wallace (Johnson)
Just up and lost his mind
And he bought a case of Han Tan
And joined the picket line. (What you talkin I
about)

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

They say the Ku Klux Klan
Just up and dyed their sheets
And now they sing "Oh, Freedom"
Everytime they meet.

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

I've been walkin' so long
I've put blisters on the street
live caught the Freedom fever
And it's settled in my feet.

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?


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