Songs of the Industrial Workers of the World (4th Australian edition)/The Bonehead Working Man

THE BONEHEAD WORKING MAN.

Mr. Slave, Mr. Slave, listen to the call.
Of the brave to the brave: take the world for all.
Now you need the light and might to free all homeless working men.
Look around, all around, and see.
Hear the pound, hear the sound of machinery.
How the owners fool you, how they ru1e you,
Just hear the bosses blow.

CHORUS:

Hurry up! Hurry up! on my new machine:
Man, you're slow, boss is losing money:
It displaces seventy men. If you cannot speed up you're fired then.
Go and look, go and look for another master,
Good or bad, you sure will make him wealthy,
It's God darn hard to wake you up.
YOU'RE A BONEHEAD WORKING MAN.

Mr. Slave, Mr. Slave, hear the union grand,
It's a wave, it's a wave rolling through the land,
This the masters fear we are here to free our class from
slavery.
Get a book, get a book, read the word of light.
Take a look, take a look, join the band of might.
Come and he a wobbly, then you'll probably
Not let the bosses cry:

CHORUS: