Everybody stand up and holler for the union Let's give the brothers a cheer Everybody stand up and holler for the union I ain't hit a lick all year Worked in the mill and I worked on the dock I worked for the railroad line Before I hit a lick under union scale I'll carry this picket sign Everybody stand up and holler for the union Let's give the brothers a cheer Everybody stand up and holler for the union I ain't hit a lick all year Money's all gone and I'll admit Got holes in both of my shoes But I'm still a smokin' this big cigar And a payin' my union dues Everybody stand up and holler for the union Let's give the brothers a cheer Everybody stand up and holler for the union I ain't hit a lick all year Lived on boloney nearly all of my life A waitin' for a higher wage I never had a taste of a T-bone steak 'Cause a steer ain't union made Too old to work too broke to quit When I get to the end of the line I may walk into a pauper's grave But I'll carry this picket sign Everybody stand up and holler for the union Let's give the brothers a cheer Everybody stand up and holler for the union I ain't hit a lick all year Everybody stand up and holler for the union Let's give the brothers a cheer Everybody stand up and holler for the union I ain't hit a lick all year