What is the song with lyrics put it on the ground spread it all around?

Answer 1

PETER, PAUL AND MARY

"Union Medley"

[You Gotta Go Down And Join The Union / Put It On The Ground / Union Maid / We Shall Not Be Moved / Which Side Are You On?]

You gotta go down and join the union

You got to join it by yourself

Ain't nobody here can join it for you

You gotta go down and join the union by yourself

[Spoken:]

Working in the factories would kill a dog

Working on the belt line killed your soul

Working in the limestone and cement quarries withered your lungs

Working in the cotton mills shot your legs and feet all to hell

And working in the steel mills burned up your spirit

like a gnat that lit in the melting pot

But out of this whole mixing bowl of hell and high water

The working folk have marched against Billy clubs,

against machine guns

And they sang their way through the whole dirty mess

Now, the bank men have got their union, and the

landlords got their union

And the finance men got their union

But down south and out west

On the cotton farms and working in the orchards and fruit crops

It's a jail house offense for a few, common everyday workers

To form them a union and get together for higher wages

Honest pay and fair treatment.

[Woody Guthrie, 1941]

You gotta go down and join the union

You got to join it by yourself

Ain't nobody here can join it for you

You gotta go down and join the union by yourself

If you want a raise in pay all you have to do

Is go and ask the boss for it and he will give it to you

He will give it to you, my boys, he will give it to you

A raise in pay without delay; He will give it to you

Oh, put it on the ground, spread it all around

Dig it with a hoe and it will make your flowers grow

Oh, the men who own the industries they own no bonds or stocks

They own no yachts and limousines or gems the size of rocks

They own no big estates with pools or silken BVD's

Because they pay the working man such fancy salaries

Oh, put it on the ground, spread it all around

Dig it with a hoe and it will make your flowers grow

There once was a union maid who never was afraid

Of the goons and ginks and the company finks

And the deputy sheriff who made the raid

She went to the union hall where a meeting it was called

And when the company boys came around

She always stood her ground

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 'till the day I die

This union maid was wise to the tricks of the company spies

She couldn't be fooled by the company's 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 company guard

And this is what she'd say:

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 'till the day I die

We shall not, we shall not be moved

We shall not, we shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's standing by the water

We shall not be moved

Black and white together

We shall not be moved

Our union is forever

We shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's standing by the water

We shall not be moved

We shall not, we shall not be moved

We shall not, we shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's standing by the water

We shall not be moved

They say in Harlan County there are no neutrals there

You'll either be a union man or a thug for J.H. Blair

Which side are you on, which side are you on?

Which side are you on which side are you on?

Don't scab for the bosses, don't you listen to their lies

Us poor folks haven't got a chance unless we organize

Which side are you on, which side are you on?

Which side are you on which side are you on?