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There once was a union maid, she never was afraid
Of goons and ginks and company finks and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid.
She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called,
And when the company boys came 'round
She always stood her ground.


CHORUS
“Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union.
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die.”

This union maid was wise to the tricks of the company spies,
She couldn't be fooled by a company stool, she'd always organize the guys.
She’d always get her way when she struck for better pay,
She'd show her card to the National Guard
And this is what she'd say:

When this song was first sung, our fight had just begun,
And union maids in the needle trades, organized ‘til the job was done,
In ladies auxiliaries of giant factories,
Side by side they won new pride,
In CIO victories.

Now union maids are found, in coal mines underground,
Climbing to new heights on construction sites, and they’ll never keep us down,
The fight for women’s rights, with workers must unite,
Just roll those bones, like Mother Jones,
To the front of every fight.