Joan Baez: “Joe Hill”
Joan Baez: “Joe Hill”
music by Earl Robinson
words by Alfred Hayes
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night alive as you and me
Says I, "But Joe, your ten years dead." "I never died," says he. "I never died," says he.
"In Salt Lake, Joe, by God," says I, him standing by my bed,
"They framed you on a murder charge." Says Joe, "But I ain’t dead."
The copper bosses killed you, Joe. They shot you, Joe," says I.
"Takes more than guns to kill a man," says Joe, "I didn’t die."
And standing there as big as life and smiling with his eyes,
Joe says, "What they forgot to kill went on to organize.
Joe Hill ain’t dead," he says to me, "Joe Hill ain’t never died.
Where working men are out on strike, Joe Hill is at their side.
From San Diego up to Maine in ever mine and mill
Where workers strike and organize," says he "You’ll find Joe Hill."
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night alive as you and me
Says I, "But Joe, you’re ten years dead." " I never died," says he.
