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It's Better With a Union Man
Harold Rome
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Oh, list to the story we sing you
Of everything that came to pass
To Bertha, the sewing machine girl
A winsome and class-conscious lass
As sweet as the flowers in springtime
She worked at the men's pants machine
Her sweetheart close by at another
While union love blossomed serene
One day little Bertha was sewing
Not knowing that danger was near
Our villain espied her and paused there beside her
A non-union man with a leer
Oh, it's better with a union man
It's better with a union man
You'll live to regret if you ever forget
This motto proletarian
So always be upon your guard
Demand to see a union card
You'll never go wrong if you follow this plan
It's better with a union man
Poor sweet, innocent little Bertha
She did not suspect that this guy
Contrary to all union by-laws
Had six other wives on the sly
While Bertha was sewing her wild oats
'Midst black caviar and champagne
Her true union lover was waiting
At Local 16, all in vain
Alas, she forgot all the precepts
Which for working girls are correct
That non-union cad, he was thoroughly bad
He did just what you all would expect
Oh, it's better with a union man
It's better with a union man
You'll live to regret if you ever forget
This motto proletarian
So always be upon your guard
Demand to see a union card
You'll never go wrong if you follow this plan
It's better with a union man
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