- Lyrics written by
- Joe Hill
- Publication date
- March 1916
- Composition date
- November 18, 1915
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Joe Hill wrote "My Last Will" the night before his execution and handed it through the bars to a prison guard. It was first published in the March 1916 edition of the IWW "Little Red Songbook". Eventually, Ethel Raim set the poem to music and named the song "Joe Hill's Last Will". Swede Mats Paulson's song uses the original title. The first lines are:
"My will is easy to decide
For I have nothing to divide
My kin don't need to weep and moan
Moss does not cling to a rolling stone" - Licensing
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Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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My Last Will written by Joe Hill English November 18, 1915
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Joe Hill's Last Will
written by Ethel Raim
English
November 18, 1915
- Min sista vilja written by Ture Nerman Swedish
- My Last Will written by Mats Paulson English 1968
- Joe Hill's Last Will written by John McCutcheon English May 1, 2015
- Final Hill written by [Unknown] English June 20, 2021
- Good Luck to All of You written by [Unknown] English June 20, 2021
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Mitt testamente
written by Jacob Branting
Swedish
1969
- Mitt testamente written by Basse Wickman Swedish 2010
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Joe Hill's Last Will
written by Ethel Raim
English
November 18, 1915