I Will Win: Songs of the Wobblies

What’s a Wobbly? Legend has it that a Chinese cook in a railroad gang while proudly announcing that he was a member of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World—a union formed to organize all workers) was heard to say he was a member of the "I-Wobbly-Wobbly." Despite their humorous nickname, the members of IWW experienced tremendous struggles which were often documented through song. Starting as a one-paged leaflet headed by the words: ""Sing and fight! Right was the tyrant king who said: ‘Beware of a movement that sings’" the IWW’s Little Red Song Book soon grew to include dozens of songs including Ralph Chaplin’s "Solidarity Forever." As a special treat, this album also includes excerpts from Chaplin’s speech at a woodworker’s convention in 1960.

Track Listing

101	The Commonwealth of Toil	Joe Glazer	02:54
102	Mr. Block	Joe Glazer	02:41
103	50,000 Lumberjacks	Joe Glazer	02:40
104	Pie in the Sky (Preacher and the Slave)	Joe Glazer	02:47
105	Workingman Unite	Joe Glazer	02:09
106	Dump the Bosses off Your Back	Joe Glazer	02:35
107	Joe Hill	Joe Glazer	02:35
201	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum	Joe Glazer	02:07
202	The Rebel Girl	Joe Glazer	02:42
203	There is Power in a Union	Joe Glazer	02:35
204	Boom Went the Boom	Joe Glazer	02:22
205	Ralph Chaplin Speaks	Joe Glazer	08:20
206	Solidarity Forever	Joe Glazer	02:28