Roll the Union On

Music and Lyrics by John L. Handcox

We’re gonna roll, we’re gonna roll, we’re gonna roll the union on
We’re gonna roll, we’re gonna roll, we’re gonna roll the union on
And, if the planter’s in the way
We’re gonna roll it over him
We’re gonna roll it over him
We’re gonna roll it over him
And, if the planter’s in the way
We’re gonna roll right over him
We’re gonna roll the union on

Use the same pattern with:

And, if the boss is in the way…
And, if the bank is in the way…

A variety of improvisations can be applied to the pattern:

And, if the scabs is in the way…
And, if gun thugs get in the way…
And, if the cops get in the way…
And, if Rahm is in the way…
And, if Trump is in the way…
et alia

John L. Handcox, who wrote this song as a member of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, is the subject of the book Sharecropper’s Troubadour. Hear John Handcox sing Roll the Union On on YouTube.