TEU conference songbook

TERTIARY EDUCATION UNIONCONFERENCE

SONGBOOK 2012

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Contents

Why do we sing union songs? 4

He Hōnore, He Korōria 5

Toro Mai Tō Ringa 6

Māku Rā Pea 7

Whakaaria Mai 7

Ngā Iwi E 8

Te Atua 9

Fire Maker 9

Solidarity Forever 10

Which Side Are You On? 11

Bella Ciao 12

I Love TEU 13

If It Weren’t For The Polytechs 15

Bread and Roses 16

Union Maid 17

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Why do we sing union songs?Songs of protest have been a part of major social movements for decades. Songs unify individuals in collective voice; they provide history lessons; and, connect movements to the broader society in which they operate.

Think of the anthem of the civil rights movement, ‘We Shall Overcome’. This song provided a collective voice for demonstrators; connected the civil rights movement to the anti-slavery movement as it used a melody from a spiritual sung by slaves; and, surrounded the movement with the respectability of the Christian religion as the song had been a hymn during the early part of the 20th century.

Added to all this, music has an intrinsic power to propagate a message. And the message of the union movement is clearly found in the songs of the movement. Union songs contain within them a prescription of the ills of the world (bad bosses) and the solutions – join a union and take action!

Song is a useful medium through which to pass on the messages of the union and other progressive movements, as songs are easily picked up and repeated by members, friends, and bystanders. As unionist Joe Hill noted: “The power of song will exalt the spirit of rebellion. A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read but once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over.” 1

It is these reasons that have inspired members of the TEU to join together in song. In singing, we honour the past, join together in one voice, and let all who are listening know what we want for the future.

1 Joe Hill, in Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison, Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge: University Press, 1998), 59

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Tu Kotahi Tū kotahi, tū kaha

Tātou tātou e

Ngā piki, ngā heke

Tū kotahi e

Awhi atu, awhi mai

Tātou tātou e

He Hōnore, He KorōriaC G C

He hōnore, he korōria

F G C

Maungarongo ki te whenua

C G C

Whakaaro pai e

F G C

Ki ngā tāngata katoa

Am C Am C

Āke, ake, ake, ake,

F G

Amine

Am C Am C

Te Atua, te piringa

F G C F G C

Tōku oranga, tōku oranga

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Toro Mai Tō RingaG C

Toro mai tō ringa

G

Kia harirutia

D

Tō ringa i āwhi pono

G

I āwhi taku tinana

C

Auē, auē te aroha

G

Ki a rātou mā

D

Auē, auē te aroha

G

Ngau whakaroto nei

Hikitia e ngā iwi

Kia rewa ki runga

Ngā taonga a ngā mātua

Kua ngaro ki te pō

Auē, auē te aroha

Ki a rātou mā

Auē, auē te aroha

Ngau whakaroto nei

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Māku Rā PeaB E

Māku rā pea

B

Māku rā pea

F# B

Māku koe e awhi e

E B

Ki te ara, ara tupu

F# B

Māku koe e awhi e

Whakaaria Mai Whakaaria mai

Tōu rīpeka ki au

Tīaho mai, rā roto i te pō

Hei konei au, titiro atu ai

Ora, mate

Hei au koe noho ai

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Ngā Iwi E(Hirini Melbourne, 1976)

Am

Ngā iwi e, ngā iwi e

G Am

Kia kotahi rā te Mo-a-na-”nui”-a-kiwa

Am G Am

E -I -A -I -E

Kia mau rā, kia mau rā

Ki te mana motuhake me te aroha

e-i-a-i-e

Wāhine mā, wāhine mā

Ma-ra-nga mai, Ma-ra-nga mai, kia kaha

e-i-a-i-e

E tama mā, e tama mā

E tama tū, e tama tū, tama ora

e-i-a-i-e

Ngā iwi e, ngā iwi e

Kia kotahi rā te Mo-a-na-”nui”-a-kiwa

e-i-a-i-e

All people, everyone

Be united as one, like the Pacific Ocean

(Cries of joy!) e-i-a-i-e

Protect, hold firm

To your inheritance and to compassion

e-i-a-i-e

Women and others

Rise up, get up, be strong

e-i-a-i-e

Men and others

Rise up men, stand tall, be animated

e-i-a-i-e

All people, everyone

Be united as one, like the Pacific Ocean

e-i-a-i-e

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Te Atua

Te Atua tapu o ngā tapu

Ki a Ihu te korōria te honōre

Te Atua te mana hareruia

I heke mai te maunga tapu ki te iwi

Hāpaitia (hāpaitia) te ingoa o Ihu

Whakapaingia whakamoemititia

Te Atua tapu o ngā tapu

I mate nei a Ihu e, te Kīngi nui

I mate nei a Ihu e, te Kīngi nui

Fire Maker(Anna Kenny, New Zealand)

D A7

I am a fire maker,

Bm G

I fan the flames of change.

D A7 D

I am a worker who can see.

D A7 Bm G D A7 G

If every woman and every man joined a union,

D A7 Bm G

Such a power throughout the land

D A7 D

Come join us, make a union stand.

D A7 Bm G D A7 D

Sisters, brothers, now is the time

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D

When the union’s inspiration, through the workers blood shall run

G D

There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun

Bm D

Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one

A7 D

But the union makes us strong

CHORUS

D D7 G D

Solidarity forever, solidarity forever,

D Bm G A7 D

Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong

They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn

But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn

We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn

That the union makes us strong

CHORUS

In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold

Greater than the might of atoms magnified a thousand fold

We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old

For the union makes us strongCHORUS

Solidarity Forever(Ralph Chaplin, 1915)

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Am

The government won’t listen

E7 Am

Don’t seem to understand

Am E7

Invest in education

Am

Or cripple our fair land

CHORUS

Am E 7

Which side are you on?

Am


Am E7


Am


Speak up for education

Make it your passion too

Make sure that they support us

The red, the green, the blue

CHORUS

Speak up for children

Speaking up for one and all

For public education

Helps us to stand tall

CHORUS

Which Side Are You On?(Adapted from Florence Patton Reece’s original version for TEU National Conference and Rally 2011)

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Bella CiaoBm

We are teachers (clap)

And we are learning

Bella ciao, Bella ciao

Bella ciao, ciao, ciao

Em Bm

We are learning for liberation

F# Bm

We want a revolution now!

We are union (clap, clap)

And we are working



We are working for liberation


We are teachers (clap, clap, clap)

And we are singing



We are singing for liberation


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I Love TEU(Adapted from Joan Jett and the Black Hearts, 1982)

I saw him speaking up and standin’ strong

I knew he must’a been from the union

The bargaining was on

The members were so strong

An’ I could tell it wouldn’t be long

Till he joined me, yeah me

And I could tell it wouldn’t be long

Till he joined me, yeah me, singin’

I love TEU

Stand up for your rights join the union, baby

I love TEU

So come and take your place and stand with me

Ow!

He smiled so I got up and asked for his name

That don’t matter, he said,

‘Cause it’s all the same

In the union you’ll never be alone

An’ next we were movin’ on

He was with me, yeah me

Next we were movin’ on

He was with me, yeah me, singin’

I love TEU


I love TEU

So come an’ take your place an’ stand with me

Ow!

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In our union you’ll never be alone

Next we were movin’ on

He was with me, yeah me,

An we’ll be movin’ on

An’ singin’ that same old song

Yeah with me, singin’

I love TEU


I love TEU

So come an’ take your place an’ stand with me

I love TEU


I love TEU

So come an’ take your place an’ stand with

I love TEU


I love TEU


I love TEU


I love TEU


I love TEU


I love TEU

So come an’ take your place an’ stand with us

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If it weren’t for the polytechs where would we be

There’d be no decent houses or working lavatories

There’d be no stylish haircuts; no nursing care for me

If it weren’t for the staff in the polytechs

Now John Key and his cronies haven’t got a clue

That skills and trades training really is the glue

That keeps New Zealand together, helps folks like me and you

So National put some money into polytechs

CHORUS

The bosses in some polytechs really take the cake

Refusing to negotiate and making members wait

Staff just want to talk about conditions and their pay

Things that make a world-class polytech

CHORUS

If It Weren’t For The PolytechsAdapted from Billy Connelly for ITP MECA dispute 2011

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Bread and Roses (James Oppenheim lyrics, music by Caroline Kohlsaat)

G D7

As we come marching, marching in the beauty of the day,

G A7 D7

A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts grey,

G G7 C

Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun

D7

discloses,

G C For the people hear us singing: “Bread and roses!

D7 G

Bread and roses!”

As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead

Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread.

Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew.

Yes, it is bread we fight for -- but we fight for roses, too!

As we come marching, marching, we bring the greater days.

The rising of the women means the rising of the race.

No more the drudge and idler -- ten that toil where one reposes,

But a sharing of life’s glories: Bread and roses! Bread and roses!

Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes;

Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses!

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Union Maid(Dick Greenhaus, ca 1950)

A D A

There once was a union maid, who never was afraid

E7 A

Of goons and the ginks and the company finks

B7 E7

And deputy sheriffs who made the raids.

A D A

She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called

E7 A Bm E7

And when the legion boys came round, she always stood

A A7

her ground

CHORUS:

D A

Oh you can’t scare me I’m sticking to the union

E7 A A7

I’m sticking to the union, I’m sticking to the union

D A

Oh you can’t scare me I’m sticking to the union

E7 A

I’m sticking to the union until the day I die

This dedicated gang could always get a bang

From following the union line

And calling bosses, “Fascist swine!”

They’ll holler all night long, “Let’s keep the union strong!”

And then at parties, dances too, sing this little tuneCHORUS

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