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In the gloom of mighty cities<br />
Mid the roar of whirling wheels,<br />
We are toiling on like chattel slaves of old, <br />
And our masters hope to keep us<br />
Ever thus beneath their heels,<br />
And to coin our very life blood into gold.

Chorus

But we have a glowing dream<br />
Of how fair the world will seem<br />
When each man can live his life secure and free. <br />
When the earth is owned by Labor<br />
And there's joy and peace for all<br />
In the commonwealth of Toil that is to be.

II

They would keep us cowed and beaten <br />
Cringing meekly at their feet.<br />
They would stand between each worker and his bread. <br />
Shall we yield our lives up to them<br />
For the bitter crust we eat?<br />
Shall we only hope for heaven when we're dead?

III

They have laid our lives out for us <br />
To the utter end of time.<br />
Shall we stagger on beneath their heavy load? <br />
Shall we let them live forever<br />
In their gilded halls of crime<br />
With our children doomed to toil beneath their goad?

IV

When our cause is all triumphant <br />
And we claim our Mother Earth,<br />
And the nightmare of the present fades away. <br />
We shall live with Love and Laughter,<br />
We, who now are little worth,<br />
And we'll not regret the price we have to pay.

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