Listen to the full album at bit.ly/1rrRerE "Worker's Song" by Dropkick Murphys from the album 'Blackout,' available now Download the album on iTunes: bit.ly/1zJWxaE
It doesn't matter if we work at a desk or a drive thru, behind a cash register or behind the wheel of a truck, if we break our backs on a dock or in a hospital ward. All working class people deserve what we're owed.
Never forget, and NEVER forget, that every single thing that makes your life bearable was won for you by someone's sweat, blood, or outright life. The eight hour day, the lunch break, the federal holiday, the minimum wage -- as inadequate as it is now -- all the result of people, of good fellows just like you, who were willing to put the only thing they had on the line because they could tell that the world was not giving them their fair share, and if not for them, they wanted it for those who came after them. There's a reason that the worker's flag is deepest red, because it represents the only thing the worker has to give, and to lose. Never, never forget it. Because I assure you, the fat cats who don't want you to have it -- who want to wring even more blood from your stone, who want you to have nothing so they can have everything -- have not forgotten.
Yes! Fuck yeah! Remember that the minimum wage is your employer saying that if they could pay you less, they would. Stay together, you are not a machine!
Just dropping a comment to express my appreciation for the "by hand or by brain" line. I'm all for standing up for "the little man", but too many people believe that the little man doesn't include working your ass off for a paycheck at a desk.
Phrase comes from the British Labour Party's constitution of 1918. Clause IV pledged 'to secure to the workers by hand and brain the full fruits of their labour'
The ones who worked for Eric, our loved one who was VP when he was 29, all liked him. They say so every year (he died on September 11 in Tower 1) and give precise examples of why. One even said "he came into work early all the time." So did the other VP, I think he was the Sr. VP. Everyone who was there when it happened died and were hacked into pieces, while the tower fell on them and gathered weight as it fell.
Office workers are exposed to humiliating abuse every day and far too often nobody seems to care. Vomiting every morning from the stress, working longer hours without more pay...
And almost all of us use both. Skilled trades, artisans, healthcare workers, scientists, tailors, hairdressers... They see us as just productivity generating units, but in reality, we're all hand workers, and we're all brain workers. And we should be treated accordingly.
Your obviously not in Australia Unions are weak as piss and full of try hard stand over men and petty criminals Back in the day however they actually had balls and brains It's all about making a profit these days
Yeah, this one's for the workers who toil night and day By hand and by brain to earn your pay Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread Have bled for your countries and counted your dead In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines We've often been told to keep up with the times For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed We're the first ones to starve the first ones to die The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky And always the last when the cream is shared out For the worker is working when the fat cat's about And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore And expected to die for the land of our birth Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth? We're the first ones to starve the first ones to die The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky And always the last when the cream is shared out For the worker is working when the fat cat's about We're the first ones to starve the first ones to die The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky And always the last when the cream is shared out For the worker is working when the fat cat's about We're the first ones to starve the first ones to die The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky And always the last when the cream is shared out For the worker is working when the fat cat's about All of these things the worker has done From tilling the fields to carrying the gun We've been yoked to the plough since time first began And always expected to carry the can
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky And we're always the last when the cream is shared out For the worker is working when the fat cat's about And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore And expected to die for the land of our birth Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth
@@MaximusWolfe if the notion of standing together with your fellow worker for a better life is “red” then I guess I’m a full on communist and you should be too cause there’s no reason not to support the unions
Awww man that would've been epic. Especially since Ken Casey's own grandfather was a Teamster and a big reason he and the Dropkick Murphy's are so strongly pro union.
They said about James Connoly that they socialists couldn't understand his republicanism and the republicans couldn't understand his socialism. I knew right then that was my guy.
Republicanism has been intertwined with socialism for most of it’s history, i find it hard to believe that socialists would have much problem with being anti-monarchist.
hi i had just read the words “slide rule” on wikipedia and then had just a snippet of this song (just the bit that goes “FROM SLIDERULE TO STOPWATCH”) loop in my brain over and over again, and i had to get up and walk a loop around the kitchen to remember what it was from
my family in a nutshell. immigrant workers with skills, who never hesitated to pick up the gun as needed. We still preserve their purple hearts and other battle decorations. I have successes standing on their shoulders. I am so grateful.
I have been working for years. Factories construction. My edvaice for young people who will start work don t skip from job to job often no matter how hard work is. Don t spend all your money invest as much as possible and your life will get easier in time
long live the working class power to the union. The time is coming and the cry for revolution is upon us.The call for unions and union pay is now. We build everything yet we suffer. Stand tall my friends in the end our class will have the last word. And that word will be liberation and solidarity forever
Seems like the Epitaph of my live, but what the hell, we walked so many streets saw so many things in all of these years past, and our flag never got down, so with this tune in our heard we go on. Good song
The average CEO-to-worker pay ratio in this group was 603 to 1. Similarly, data from the Economic Policy Institute found wage disparity has significantly increased over time: CEOs were paid 344 times as much as a typical worker in 2022, up from an average pay ratio of 21 to 1 in 1965. But, you know....SHAREHOLDER VALUE!!!!
It stopped being the anthem of Australian Labor a long time ago... Fat cats all the way down, and I say that as a once-proud member of the party for many years.
Charles Doyle was my great-great-uncle he was kicked out of the United States the 1980s he was voted the most hated Man by newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch his sister who would be my great-grandmother her husband's relative was Bobby Sands
I love this song. As a person who has lived dirt poor I get what this song is saying (my gosh do I get it) But that doesn't mean that communism is the way to go. It just means that you shouldn't give someone unlimited power over others. I think that's what this song is about.
@@anonymoususer7612 you dont own much if youre working at a factory, still working class still licking boots... its nothing to be ashamed of but you can't say youre a capitalist as you've never seen more than a million in your life
@@anonymoususer7612 also i dare you to look up the definition of capitalist xD cause im looking at it right now and i can say to you that you wont like it lololololol
It doesn't matter if we work at a desk or a drive thru, behind a cash register or behind the wheel of a truck, if we break our backs on a dock or in a hospital ward. All working class people deserve what we're owed.
Absolutely. Globally!,,/
CEO: no u don't
I'm 71 and this song gave me goosebumps.
Never forget, and NEVER forget, that every single thing that makes your life bearable was won for you by someone's sweat, blood, or outright life. The eight hour day, the lunch break, the federal holiday, the minimum wage -- as inadequate as it is now -- all the result of people, of good fellows just like you, who were willing to put the only thing they had on the line because they could tell that the world was not giving them their fair share, and if not for them, they wanted it for those who came after them. There's a reason that the worker's flag is deepest red, because it represents the only thing the worker has to give, and to lose.
Never, never forget it. Because I assure you, the fat cats who don't want you to have it -- who want to wring even more blood from your stone, who want you to have nothing so they can have everything -- have not forgotten.
Too true my good fellow.
That's why we need a union.
Yes! Fuck yeah! Remember that the minimum wage is your employer saying that if they could pay you less, they would. Stay together, you are not a machine!
@@muffled1419 Soldidarity forever, my man.
Well said.
Just dropping a comment to express my appreciation for the "by hand or by brain" line. I'm all for standing up for "the little man", but too many people believe that the little man doesn't include working your ass off for a paycheck at a desk.
Ive done both. Ive got endless respect for desk folks because I couldn't do it.
Phrase comes from the British Labour Party's constitution of 1918. Clause IV pledged 'to secure to the workers by hand and brain the full fruits of their labour'
The ones who worked for Eric, our loved one who was VP when he was 29, all liked him. They say so every year (he died on September 11 in Tower 1) and give precise examples of why. One even said "he came into work early all the time."
So did the other VP, I think he was the Sr. VP.
Everyone who was there when it happened died and were hacked into pieces, while the tower fell on them and gathered weight as it fell.
Office workers are exposed to humiliating abuse every day and far too often nobody seems to care. Vomiting every morning from the stress, working longer hours without more pay...
And almost all of us use both. Skilled trades, artisans, healthcare workers, scientists, tailors, hairdressers... They see us as just productivity generating units, but in reality, we're all hand workers, and we're all brain workers. And we should be treated accordingly.
Why is this not more popular I listen to this and I cant stop listening to it
As a proud union stagehand this song speaks to me.
I care
Your obviously not in Australia
Unions are weak as piss and full of try hard stand over men and petty criminals
Back in the day however they actually had balls and brains
It's all about making a profit these days
Laborers 373 pgh pa!! Happy labor day to everyone that goes out and earns an honest living ,union or not
Proud railroad union worker this song speaks to me as well
@@MaximusWolfe you maybe not,but others....you nevere knew,ok.Leave others dudes to keep dreaming on
Yeah, this one's for the workers who toil night and day
By hand and by brain to earn your pay
Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread
Have bled for your countries and counted your dead
In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We've often been told to keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed
We're the first ones to starve the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
And always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore
And expected to die for the land of our birth
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth?
We're the first ones to starve the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
And always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
We're the first ones to starve the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
And always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
We're the first ones to starve the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
And always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
All of these things the worker has done
From tilling the fields to carrying the gun
We've been yoked to the plough since time first began
And always expected to carry the can
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore
And expected to die for the land of our birth
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth
That's how Blue Collar will always be defined. Always!
never a truer word spoken
This is even beautiful when you translate to any other languages ❤
So true 👍 👍👍...!
Solidarity brothers and sisters
Shove it, red.
Вместе!😁
SOLIDARITY!
@@MaximusWolfe if the notion of standing together with your fellow worker for a better life is “red” then I guess I’m a full on communist and you should be too cause there’s no reason not to support the unions
@@Purpleh4ze404
Basically
I was going to blast this on loop at the UPS strike but they worked out a mostly fair contract a week before we would have gone on strike.
Awww man that would've been epic. Especially since Ken Casey's own grandfather was a Teamster and a big reason he and the Dropkick Murphy's are so strongly pro union.
They said about James Connoly that they socialists couldn't understand his republicanism and the republicans couldn't understand his socialism. I knew right then that was my guy.
Republicanism has been intertwined with socialism for most of it’s history, i find it hard to believe that socialists would have much problem with being anti-monarchist.
@@davidelfving5138😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@@davidelfving5138the quote is probably referring the more “extreme” authoritarian socialists
hi i had just read the words “slide rule” on wikipedia and then had just a snippet of this song (just the bit that goes “FROM SLIDERULE TO STOPWATCH”) loop in my brain over and over again, and i had to get up and walk a loop around the kitchen to remember what it was from
hello
Hits a lil different in 2021 :/
Boilermakers Local 107 and damn proud. We’re the king of all trades.
UMWA and proud of it!
Teamsters 639
fuckin love this song. rock on murphys
1st May song
Reds perform fellatio on mice.
Great song written by Ed Pickford from the North East of England.
I'm so glad to have a faster paced, more modern version of this song
my family in a nutshell. immigrant workers with skills, who never hesitated to pick up the gun as needed. We still preserve their purple hearts and other battle decorations. I have successes standing on their shoulders. I am so grateful.
as an F&B worker, I feel this song
Happy May First anyone reading this on may first (And regardless of when you're reading this, Workers Unite Comrade)
Song for me yeahhhh.hard work. I m ready drink a beer and fight
You are softer than an over boiled noodle.
I have been working for years. Factories construction. My edvaice for young people who will start work don t skip from job to job often no matter how hard work is. Don t spend all your money invest as much as possible and your life will get easier in time
LABOR
VINCIT
OMNIA!
Quiet down
Fantastic song!
long live the working class power to the union. The time is coming and the cry for revolution is upon us.The call for unions and union pay is now. We build everything yet we suffer. Stand tall my friends in the end our class will have the last word. And that word will be liberation and solidarity forever
Up for hard workers
Cry us up a river, twat.
Appreciate the solidarity with the UAW guys!
Seems like the Epitaph of my live, but what the hell, we walked so many streets saw so many things in all of these years past, and our flag never got down, so with this tune in our heard we go on. Good song
Our day will come soon.
Non union but bust my ass to make sure my family is taken care off this song speaks to me
If you had the opportunity, would you like to be in one?
I am organizing one right now
Modern day unions just suck the boss's dick and collect dues
@@adamdean5881
Yeah
And we wonder why union membership is so low today
After a few hours of sleep you get up for the 6am clock in. Your body aches but you get up anyway, because you’re a worker.
I'm in ..
The average CEO-to-worker pay ratio in this group was 603 to 1. Similarly, data from the Economic Policy Institute found wage disparity has significantly increased over time: CEOs were paid 344 times as much as a typical worker in 2022, up from an average pay ratio of 21 to 1 in 1965. But, you know....SHAREHOLDER VALUE!!!!
2021 going back to 1880s
Ironically this should be the anthem of the Labour Party...
It stopped being the anthem of Australian Labor a long time ago...
Fat cats all the way down, and I say that as a once-proud member of the party for many years.
Solidarity comrade
we're the first one to carry the gun
Proud Union Carpenter Agrees! Lol 👍
It's official: essential details about refunds
turn the guns around-mutiny!
Now that's an idea I can get behind
"the first one, were in line fo
As true and poignant now as it ever was
☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day to my fellow blue collars!
And if you're a worker and vote for Trump you're a scab
Charles Doyle was my great-great-uncle he was kicked out of the United States the 1980s he was voted the most hated Man by newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch his sister who would be my great-grandmother her husband's relative was Bobby Sands
They should have played this in Mlp Equestria Girls Legend Of Everfree
OUTFUCKINGSTANDING!..................SCOT IRISH heeeeeeyah!.............STAY THE COURSE!......DO YOUR BEST LADS!..................FUCKIN AY!
Amerca is the working class ,so don't you all forget it 👍☘️💙🇺🇲...!
oi oi oi!!!!
Bang gofar hilman membawaku kesini
Baguslah.. salam kenal.. lagu kesukaan ku pas jaman kuliah 2007
I'm looking for the song about riding an atomic motorcar down I 95 and the algorithm ain't giving me shit can someone help?
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This one shall be the good national anthem for the U.S.S.A: United Socialist States of America.
Fascism will win
If there was a heart reaction I would give it
Bernie takes nevada!
Fucking great place that would be... hopefully a place that will become a reality, and not stay confined to our dreams.
When this is our national anthem I will officially be proud to be American.
I love this song. As a person who has lived dirt poor I get what this song is saying (my gosh do I get it)
But that doesn't mean that communism is the way to go. It just means that you shouldn't give someone unlimited power over others. I think that's what this song is about.
Why not? 🙂
@@rinobisesto3705 Because looking back at history Communism has killed a *lot* of people.
@@r.u.s.e3586 not communism, totalitarism
@@rinobisesto3705 Umm. They are the same thing?
@@r.u.s.e3586 don't think so
i can imagine how Carl Marx will headbanging after hearing this song 🤘
たまらんなぁ
歌詞を読んでください。
Love the song, hate the socialists
So you hate everything the song is about?
Without socialists you'd still have been in mines before you were even an adult. Remember that.
Jäger is bae sure buddy, keep telling yourself that. I’ll be with the capitalists that keep hooking new lands into the modern world.
@@reverendrico5631 So how'd they taste? Were they Merrells or Timberlands?
I hate both
Proud capitalist factory worker, USA USA USA
You aren’t a capitalist, you merely support capitalism, to be a capitalist you have to own capital.. and as a factory worker, you work for capital..
@@Purpleh4ze404 Lmao boi you don't know what I own, and also look up the definition of capitalist
1. A supporter of capitalism.
@@anonymoususer7612 you dont own much if youre working at a factory, still working class still licking boots... its nothing to be ashamed of but you can't say youre a capitalist as you've never seen more than a million in your life
@@anonymoususer7612 also i dare you to look up the definition of capitalist xD cause im looking at it right now and i can say to you that you wont like it lololololol
@@Purpleh4ze404 lol I already did
Change the word "worker" out for White Man, and you have yourself a message.
No.
Nazi lives don't matter.
After that first album this band became sesame street corny and impossible to like. This song blows.
SOLIDARIRY TO THE UAW!!!