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TERTIARY EDUCATION UNIONCONFERENCE
SONGBOOK 2012
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Contents
Why do we sing union songs? 4
He Hōnore, He Korōria 5
Toro Mai Tō Ringa 6
Māku Rā Pea 7
Whakaaria Mai 7
Ngā Iwi E 8
Te Atua 9
Fire Maker 9
Solidarity Forever 10
Which Side Are You On? 11
Bella Ciao 12
I Love TEU 13
If It Weren’t For The Polytechs 15
Bread and Roses 16
Union Maid 17
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Why do we sing union songs?Songs of protest have been a part of major social movements for decades. Songs unify individuals in collective voice; they provide history lessons; and, connect movements to the broader society in which they operate.
Think of the anthem of the civil rights movement, ‘We Shall Overcome’. This song provided a collective voice for demonstrators; connected the civil rights movement to the anti-slavery movement as it used a melody from a spiritual sung by slaves; and, surrounded the movement with the respectability of the Christian religion as the song had been a hymn during the early part of the 20th century.
Added to all this, music has an intrinsic power to propagate a message. And the message of the union movement is clearly found in the songs of the movement. Union songs contain within them a prescription of the ills of the world (bad bosses) and the solutions – join a union and take action!
Song is a useful medium through which to pass on the messages of the union and other progressive movements, as songs are easily picked up and repeated by members, friends, and bystanders. As unionist Joe Hill noted: “The power of song will exalt the spirit of rebellion. A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read but once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over.” 1
It is these reasons that have inspired members of the TEU to join together in song. In singing, we honour the past, join together in one voice, and let all who are listening know what we want for the future.
1 Joe Hill, in Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison, Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge: University Press, 1998), 59
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Tu Kotahi Tū kotahi, tū kaha
Tātou tātou e
Ngā piki, ngā heke
Tū kotahi e
Awhi atu, awhi mai
Tātou tātou e
He Hōnore, He KorōriaC G C
He hōnore, he korōria
F G C
Maungarongo ki te whenua
C G C
Whakaaro pai e
F G C
Ki ngā tāngata katoa
Am C Am C
Āke, ake, ake, ake,
F G
Amine
Am C Am C
Te Atua, te piringa
F G C F G C
Tōku oranga, tōku oranga
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Toro Mai Tō RingaG C
Toro mai tō ringa
G
Kia harirutia
D
Tō ringa i āwhi pono
G
I āwhi taku tinana
C
Auē, auē te aroha
G
Ki a rātou mā
D
Auē, auē te aroha
G
Ngau whakaroto nei
Hikitia e ngā iwi
Kia rewa ki runga
Ngā taonga a ngā mātua
Kua ngaro ki te pō
Auē, auē te aroha
Ki a rātou mā
Auē, auē te aroha
Ngau whakaroto nei
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Māku Rā PeaB E
Māku rā pea
B
Māku rā pea
F# B
Māku koe e awhi e
E B
Ki te ara, ara tupu
F# B
Māku koe e awhi e
Whakaaria Mai Whakaaria mai
Tōu rīpeka ki au
Tīaho mai, rā roto i te pō
Hei konei au, titiro atu ai
Ora, mate
Hei au koe noho ai
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Ngā Iwi E(Hirini Melbourne, 1976)
Am
Ngā iwi e, ngā iwi e
G Am
Kia kotahi rā te Mo-a-na-”nui”-a-kiwa
Am G Am
E -I -A -I -E
Kia mau rā, kia mau rā
Ki te mana motuhake me te aroha
e-i-a-i-e
Wāhine mā, wāhine mā
Ma-ra-nga mai, Ma-ra-nga mai, kia kaha
e-i-a-i-e
E tama mā, e tama mā
E tama tū, e tama tū, tama ora
e-i-a-i-e
Ngā iwi e, ngā iwi e
Kia kotahi rā te Mo-a-na-”nui”-a-kiwa
e-i-a-i-e
All people, everyone
Be united as one, like the Pacific Ocean
(Cries of joy!) e-i-a-i-e
Protect, hold firm
To your inheritance and to compassion
e-i-a-i-e
Women and others
Rise up, get up, be strong
e-i-a-i-e
Men and others
Rise up men, stand tall, be animated
e-i-a-i-e
All people, everyone
Be united as one, like the Pacific Ocean
e-i-a-i-e
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Te Atua
Te Atua tapu o ngā tapu
Ki a Ihu te korōria te honōre
Te Atua te mana hareruia
I heke mai te maunga tapu ki te iwi
Hāpaitia (hāpaitia) te ingoa o Ihu
Whakapaingia whakamoemititia
Te Atua tapu o ngā tapu
I mate nei a Ihu e, te Kīngi nui
I mate nei a Ihu e, te Kīngi nui
Fire Maker(Anna Kenny, New Zealand)
D A7
I am a fire maker,
Bm G
I fan the flames of change.
D A7 D
I am a worker who can see.
D A7 Bm G D A7 G
If every woman and every man joined a union,
D A7 Bm G
Such a power throughout the land
D A7 D
Come join us, make a union stand.
D A7 Bm G D A7 D
Sisters, brothers, now is the time
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D
When the union’s inspiration, through the workers blood shall run
G D
There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun
Bm D
Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one
A7 D
But the union makes us strong
CHORUS
D D7 G D
Solidarity forever, solidarity forever,
D Bm G A7 D
Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong
They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn
But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn
We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn
That the union makes us strong
CHORUS
In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold
Greater than the might of atoms magnified a thousand fold
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old
For the union makes us strongCHORUS
Solidarity Forever(Ralph Chaplin, 1915)
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Am
The government won’t listen
E7 Am
Don’t seem to understand
Am E7
Invest in education
Am
Or cripple our fair land
CHORUS
Am E 7
Which side are you on?
Am
Which side are you on?
Am E7
Which side are you on?
Am
Which side are you on?
Speak up for education
Make it your passion too
Make sure that they support us
The red, the green, the blue
CHORUS
Speak up for children
Speaking up for one and all
For public education
Helps us to stand tall
CHORUS
Which Side Are You On?(Adapted from Florence Patton Reece’s original version for TEU National Conference and Rally 2011)
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Bella CiaoBm
We are teachers (clap)
And we are learning
Bella ciao, Bella ciao
Bella ciao, ciao, ciao
Em Bm
We are learning for liberation
F# Bm
We want a revolution now!
We are union (clap, clap)
And we are working
Bella ciao, Bella ciao
Bella ciao, ciao, ciao
We are working for liberation
We want a revolution now!
We are teachers (clap, clap, clap)
And we are singing
Bella ciao, Bella ciao
Bella ciao, ciao, ciao
We are singing for liberation
We want a revolution now!
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I Love TEU(Adapted from Joan Jett and the Black Hearts, 1982)
I saw him speaking up and standin’ strong
I knew he must’a been from the union
The bargaining was on
The members were so strong
An’ I could tell it wouldn’t be long
Till he joined me, yeah me
And I could tell it wouldn’t be long
Till he joined me, yeah me, singin’
I love TEU
Stand up for your rights join the union, baby
I love TEU
So come and take your place and stand with me
Ow!
He smiled so I got up and asked for his name
That don’t matter, he said,
‘Cause it’s all the same
In the union you’ll never be alone
An’ next we were movin’ on
He was with me, yeah me
Next we were movin’ on
He was with me, yeah me, singin’
I love TEU
Stand up for your rights join the union, baby
I love TEU
So come an’ take your place an’ stand with me
Ow!
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In our union you’ll never be alone
Next we were movin’ on
He was with me, yeah me,
An we’ll be movin’ on
An’ singin’ that same old song
Yeah with me, singin’
I love TEU
Stand up for your rights join the union, baby
I love TEU
So come an’ take your place an’ stand with me
I love TEU
Stand up for your rights join the union, baby
I love TEU
So come an’ take your place an’ stand with
I love TEU
Stand up for your rights join the union, baby
I love TEU
So come an’ take your place an’ stand with
I love TEU
Stand up for your rights join the union, baby
I love TEU
So come an’ take your place an’ stand with
I love TEU
Stand up for your rights join the union, baby
I love TEU
So come an’ take your place an’ stand with us
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If it weren’t for the polytechs where would we be
There’d be no decent houses or working lavatories
There’d be no stylish haircuts; no nursing care for me
If it weren’t for the staff in the polytechs
Now John Key and his cronies haven’t got a clue
That skills and trades training really is the glue
That keeps New Zealand together, helps folks like me and you
So National put some money into polytechs
CHORUS
The bosses in some polytechs really take the cake
Refusing to negotiate and making members wait
Staff just want to talk about conditions and their pay
Things that make a world-class polytech
CHORUS
If It Weren’t For The PolytechsAdapted from Billy Connelly for ITP MECA dispute 2011
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Bread and Roses (James Oppenheim lyrics, music by Caroline Kohlsaat)
G D7
As we come marching, marching in the beauty of the day,
G A7 D7
A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts grey,
G G7 C
Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun
D7
discloses,
G C For the people hear us singing: “Bread and roses!
D7 G
Bread and roses!”
As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead
Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread.
Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew.
Yes, it is bread we fight for -- but we fight for roses, too!
As we come marching, marching, we bring the greater days.
The rising of the women means the rising of the race.
No more the drudge and idler -- ten that toil where one reposes,
But a sharing of life’s glories: Bread and roses! Bread and roses!
Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses!
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Union Maid(Dick Greenhaus, ca 1950)
A D A
There once was a union maid, who never was afraid
E7 A
Of goons and the ginks and the company finks
B7 E7
And deputy sheriffs who made the raids.
A D A
She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called
E7 A Bm E7
And when the legion boys came round, she always stood
A A7
her ground
CHORUS:
D A
Oh you can’t scare me I’m sticking to the union
E7 A A7
I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union
D A
Oh you can’t scare me I’m sticking to the union
E7 A
I’m sticking to the union until the day I die
This dedicated gang could always get a bang
From following the union line
And calling bosses, “Fascist swine!”
They’ll holler all night long, “Let’s keep the union strong!”
And then at parties, dances too, sing this little tuneCHORUS
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