Part 1 of 2: Mini-Concert on the Picket Line with Stop and Shop Workers in Waterbury, CT

This Mini Concert was given on the picket line in front of the Stop and Shop store in Waterbury, CT during the strike by UFCW Local 919 Members:
https://www.facebook.com/bengrosscupmusic/videos/vl.444358316336697/2297829500276461

LYRICS FOR MULTIPLE SONGS:

"Shame on the Company!"
By Paul McKenna
Tune: “Vive L’Amour (Vive La Companie)”

Come every good worker and listen to me.
Shame on the company!
Join up in our strike if you want to be free.
Shame on the company!
Please honor our picket line, don’t try to cross.
Shame on the company!
Sing up with the union and down on the boss.
Shame on the company!

CHORUS:
Shame on the, Shame on the, Shame on the boss.
Shame on the, Shame on the, Shame on the boss.
Shame on the boss, Shame on the boss,
Shame on the company!

REPEAT CHORUS

The boss is a liar, a snake, and a crook.
Shame on the company!
He mistreats the workers and doctors the books.
Shame on the company!
His head’s made of sand and his heart’s made of stone.
Shame on the company!
He keeps all the bread and he throws us a bone.
Shame on the company!

CHORUS X2

The boss is determined to bust up our strike.
Shame on the company!
We’re not going back ‘til we get what we like.
Shame on the company!
Our jobs and our livelihoods we will defend.
Shame on the company!
The union is going to win in the end.
Shame on the company!

CHORUS X3

"We're Not Gonna Take It"
By Twisted Sister. Adapted by Ben Grosscup.

Oh we're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
Oh we're not gonna take it anymore

We are proud union members
We never will surrender
This is our life, this is our song

We'll fight the powers that be who
Get rich from work that we do
You’ve messed with us, but we are strong!

CHO

Oh you're so condescending
Your gall is never ending
You replace us with a scabbing crew

Your offers are pathetic
Your changes are cosmetic
If that's your best, your best won't do

Oh Oh
We're right (yeah!)
We're free (yeah!)
We'll fight (yeah!)
You'll see (yeah!)
CHO X2

"We Won’t Back Down"
By Tom Petty. Adapted by Ben Grosscup.

Well we won't back down, no we won't back down
Bosses dig their heals straight into the ground
But we won't back down

Gonna stand our ground, won't be turned around
And we won’t let scabs be draggin' us down
Gonna stand our ground and we won't back down

Fair contract, there ain't no easy way there
We dare to strike, cuz we stand our ground
and we won't back down

Well I know what's right. I got just one life
In a world where bosses push us all around
We will stand our ground and we won't back down

CHO

"Which Side Are You On?"
By Florence Reece. Adapted by Ben Grosscup.

Come all of you good workers
Good news to you I'll tell
Of how the good ol' union
Has come in here to dwell

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

My mother was a worker
And I'm a worker’s son
And I'll stick with the union
Til every battle’s won

They say in Hampshire County
There are no neutrals there
If you can’t stand with the union
Well, you haven’t got a prayer

Oh workers can you stand it?
Oh tell me how you can
Will you be a lousy scab
Or will you take a stand?

Don't scab for the bosses
Don't listen to their lies
Us workers haven't got a chance
Unless we organize

"Strike Around The Clock"
Parody of “Rock around the Clock” by Max Freedman and James Myers.
Adapted by Paul MacMann and Ben Grosscup

One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, strike!
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, strike!
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, strike!
We're gonna strike around the clock tonight

Put your strike sign on and join me, hon'
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one
We're gonna strike around the clock tonight
We're gonna strike, strike, strike, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna strike around the clock to win our rights.

When the clock strikes two, three and four
If the talks slow down we'll strike some more
We're gonna strike around the clock tonight
We're gonna strike, strike, strike, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna strike around the clock to win our rights.

When the chimes ring five, six and seven
Their healthcare cuts could send us to heaven
Gonna strike around the clock tonight
We're gonna strike, strike, strike, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna strike around the clock to win our rights.

When it's eight, nine, ten, eleven too
I'll win fair pay and so will you
We're gonna strike around the clock tonight
We're gonna strike, strike, strike, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna strike around the clock to win our rights.

When the clock strikes twelve, we'll rest up then
Walk that picket line again
We're gonna strike around the clock tonight
We're gonna strike, strike, strike, 'til broad daylight
We're gonna strike around the clock to win our rights.

"This Little Light of Mine"
By Harry Dixon Loes. Adapted by Ben Grosscup.

[This little light of mine], I’m gonna let it shine X3
Let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine!

In the grocery store
Everywhere I go
On the picket line
In Local Nine One Nine
Our union’s standing strong
This union’s yours and mine