Joe Hill

Real name: Joel Emmanuel Hägglund
Born: October 7, 1879
Died: November 19, 1915
Country: United States
IPI: 00664824714 1 work
Comments: Born in Sweden, Hägglund migrated to the United States in 1902 with his brother. He worked as an itinerant laborer, moving frequently. In 1910, Hill joined the Industrial Workers of the World. and rapidly became a prominent Wobbly, giving speeches and organizing for the IWW, as well as writing political songs and satires under the name Joe Hill. He had previously used the alias Joe Hillstrom, apparently due to anti-union blacklisting. Hill was convicted of murder in 1915, which he evidently didn't commit. Executed by a firing squad in Utah, he became a martyr and revered figure in the labor movement.

Songs written by Joe Hill

Title	Written by	Covered by
Don't Take My Papa Away from Me	Joe Hill	Covered by (5 artists)
Should I Ever Be a Soldier	Joe Hill	Covered by (7 artists)
The Rebel Girl	Joe Hill	Covered by (26 artists)
Workers of the World Awaken	Joe Hill	Covered by (11 artists)

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Casey Jones - The Union Scab	Joe Hill	The Ballad of Casey Jones		Covered by (26 artists)
Coffee an'	Joe Hill	Count Your Blessings		Covered by (5 artists)
Everybody's Joining It	Joe Hill	Everybody's Doing It Now		Covered by (5 artists)
It's a Long Way down to the Soupline	Joe Hill	It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary		Covered by (14 artists)
Mr. Block	Joe Hill	It Looks Like a Big Night To-night		Covered by (9 artists)
Nearer My Job to Thee	Joe Hill	Nearer, My God, to Thee		Covered by (11 artists)
Scissor Bill	Joe Hill	Steamboat Bill		Covered by (4 artists)
Ta-ra-ra Boom de-ay	Joe Hill	Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay (Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E)		Covered by (8 artists)
The Girl Question	Joe Hill	Tell Mother I'll Be There		Covered by (3 artists)
The Old Toiler's Message	Joe Hill	Silver Threads Among the Gold		Covered by (4 artists)
The Preacher and the Slave	Joe Hill	In the Sweet Bye and Bye	Charlie Craver	Covered by (40 artists)
There Is Power in a Union	Joe Hill	There Is Power in the Blood		Covered by (23 artists)
The Tramp	Joe Hill	Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoner's Hope		Covered by (24 artists)
The White Slave	Joe Hill	Meet Me To-Night in Dreamland		Covered by (8 artists)
We Will Sing One Song	Joe Hill	My Old Kentucky Home		Covered by (13 artists)
Where the Fraser River Flows	Joe Hill	Where the River Shannon Flows		Covered by (2 artists)

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
My Last Will	Joe Hill			Covered by (16 artists)