- 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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Poem
Versions
My Last Will written by Joe Hill English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Joe Hill's Last Will | Utah Phillips | 1990 | Live Released more than 10 years after its recording |
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Joe Hill's Will | Jack Warshaw | April 18, 2011 |
Joe Hill's Last Will written by Ethel Raim English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Joe Hill's Last Will | Joe Glazer | 1954 | |||
Seek and You Shall Find - Fare Well, Little Fishes - Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Never Again … | Pete Seeger | 1960 | Medley | ||
Last Will | Jan Hammarlund | May 4, 2016 | |||
Joe Hill's Last Will | Shannon Murray | May 1, 2017 |
Min sista vilja written by Ture Nerman Swedish
My Last Will written by Mats Paulson English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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My Last Will | Mats Paulson | 1968 | First release | ||
My Last Will | Den allvarsama leken | June 20, 2021 |
Joe Hill's Last Will written by John McCutcheon English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Joe Hill's Last Will | John McCutcheon | May 1, 2015 | First release |
Final Hill written by [Unknown] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Final Hill | Final Hill | June 20, 2021 | First release |
Good Luck to All of You written by [Unknown] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Good Luck to All of You | Harvest Sun | June 20, 2021 | First release |
Mitt testamente written by Jacob Branting Swedish
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Mitt testamente | Ensemble från Riksteatern | 1979 | First release | ||
Mitt testamente | Mora Träsk | 1979 | |||
Joe Hill's Last Will | Bucky Halker | 2015 |
Mitt testamente written by Basse Wickman Swedish
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Mitt testamente | Magnus Lindberg & Basse Wickman | 2010 | First release |