Joe Glazer – Bill Bailey The Ultimate Sectarian Chord Progression Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
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Bill Bailey belonged to every radical party
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that ever came to be,
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Till he finally decided to start his own party
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so he wouldn't disagree.
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He got himself an office with a sign

outside the door,

with "Marxist League" in letters red,
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And to everyone who came around these
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were the words he said:
[Chorus]
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"Oh, you may be a friend of Max Shachtman,

Jim Cannon and you may agree,
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You may get along with
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Norman Thomas and with Algernon Lee
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You may be an old-time Wobbly,
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and think Jay Lovestone's fine,
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Yes, you may be a comrade to all of these folks,
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but you ain't no Comrade of mine."

[Verse 2]
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For 17 years Bill Bailey kept his office
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with the sign outside the door,
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But he never, ever got a new member.
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Everybody made him sore.
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And then one night, there came a big fire
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and through the flame and smoke,
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As the firemen rushed in to save Bill's life,
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these were the words he spoke:

[Chorus]
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"Oh, you may be a friend of Ben Gitlow;

Reverend Muste and you may agree,
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You may get along with Emma Goldman and with the S.L.P..
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You may have belonged to every radical party
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that ever had a line,
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Yes, you may be a comrade to all of those folks,
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but you ain't no comrade of mine."

[Verse 3]
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And so on this day, Bill Bailey passed away,
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and his soul to Red Heaven flew.
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He was met at the gate by old Karl Marx
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and Friedrich Engels(13), too.
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They said, "Welcome, comrade,"
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as they opened the gate to let Bill come inside,
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As he slammed the door back in old Karl's face,
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these were the words he cried:

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"Oh, you may be a friend of Karl Kautsky,

and a pal of Ferd LaSalle,
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You may get along with William Liebknecht
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and the First Internationale,
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Yes, you may have inspired every radical party
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from the Hudson to the Rhine,
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Oh, you may be a comrade of all of those folks,
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but you ain't no comrade of mine."
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