Proudly went out Joe unto his death
With smiling lips and fearless eyes
this message gave with his last breath
“Don’t mourn for me, but ORGANIZE.”
-Richard Brazier
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Hellraisers Journal, Saturday June 1, 1918
“Farewell, Joe” by Richard Brazier
From I. W. W. Songs, “General Defense Edition” of April 1918:
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SOURCE & IMAGES
IWW Songs
-to Fan the Flames of Discontent
General Defense Edition
-Fourteenth Edition
Chicago, April 1918
https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF045327/00001/pageturner#page/1
Joe Hill, portrait
https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF045327/00001/pageturner#page/7
Farewell Joe by Brazier, IWW Songs, LRSB, Apr 1918
https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF045327/00001/pageturner#page/21
See also:
Category: Joe Hill Rebel Songwriter
https://weneverforget.org/category/joe-hill-rebel-songwriter/
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“Aloha ‘Oe” (Farewell to Thee)-Ukulele Underground
-so simple yet so beautiful!
The Ballad of Joe Hill – by Phil Ochs
Joe Hill-Bruce Springsteen