[I.W.W.] "By An Unknown Proletarian"

We Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years. Poem by an unknown Proletarian. Music by Rudolph Von Liebich

Chicago: Industrial Workers of the World Educational Bureau, 1918. First Edition. Bifolium (35.5cm); cream wrappers, with text and illustration printed in dark blue; [4]pp. Modest wear and handling, with several tears and attendant creases (though none encroaching into words, music, or design); Very Good.

An iconic IWW song-sheet. According to Archie Green in his Big Red Songbook (p.191), the poem first appeared in a 1908 IWW publication under the title "The Cry Of Toil." It was set to music by Rudolph von Liebich, who was also the pianist at Joe Hill's funeral. Reproduced in KORNBLUH, p.28.

Price: $375.00

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