The Ballad of Joe Hill

Two-year picket in northwest london ended in defeat but it was hugely significant. It's often seen now as having been a sort of high point for labor militancy in britain and working class on the darcy. This song i dreamed i saw joe hill last night is based on a poem by afrid hays set to music by o robinson. The singer imagines that the malted wobbly hero joe hill he was subjected to judicial execution in utah in the 1910s. We play paul robsen's version of joe hill probably we can pull from youtube the famous clip of joe paul roblsen singing the song