![]() Identical to the soprano line, except an octave lower. In the 1st verse, the melody is sung primarily as a solo, up until the last line, “…but the union makes us strong!” Melody: Baritone The sheet music contains femate, (pauses) in bars 2 to 6, only some of which are reflected in the practice tracks below. If you aren’t sure how to download tracks from this site, click here. If that doesn’t work for you download the first, uncropped file. If printing the cropped sheet music, look for a printer setting that says “fit”, or “fit to printer margins”. Sheet Music: (.pdf format) Sheet Music: (.pdf format, cropped) Lyrics: Word Document The melody, identical to the combined choir version except for the lower key, is to be sung in unison by baritone and/or mezzo-soprano voices. Blyth which is sung by the combined Sydney, Newcastle and Illawarra union choirs. This arrangement, is for a small mixed voice choir with guitar accompaniment, and an instrumental rendition of the arrangement sounds like this. Although it was written as a song for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), other union movements have adopted the song as their own. It is sung to the tune of “ John Brown’s Body” and “ The Battle Hymn of the Republic“. “Solidarity Forever”, written by Ralph Chaplin in 1915, is a popular union anthem. ![]()
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