In the beginning was the word.
In the beginning was the word.
And when the time was right,
we took paper, ink, and type,
And sent it out in print to all the world.
We belong to the union,
the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
strong and lively band
and follow the printer's trade.
The au thor is the man who has the dream,
the au thor is the man who has the dream.
But the printer sets the stage,
gets the dream down on the page.
You've got to have the printer
and his team.
We belong to the union,
the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
strong and lively band
and follow the printer's trade.
The journalist is paid to get the news,
the journalist is paid to get the news.
But it cannot circulate
till the printer and his mate proof and print
and pack and send it round the world.
We belong to the union,
the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
strong and lively band
and follow the printer's trade.
In 89 our union first began,
In 89 our union first began,
In the fight for decent pay,
And a shorter working day,
And conditions that
would suit a union man.
We belong to the union,
the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
strong and lively band
and follow the printers trade.
We helped to build the union
so it'd grow.
We helped to build the union
so it'd grow.
And we fought at every stage
for a decent living wage
and gave the printing
bosses blow for blow.
We belong to the Union,
the Union we have made.
Together we stand in a
strong and lively band
and follow the printer's trade.
It was in the year of 1959,
it was in the year of 1959,
that the Union gave the call
and loyal printers all fought
and beat the bosses all along the line.
We belong to the Union,
the Union we have made.
Together we stand in a
strong and lively band,
and follow the printer's trade.
They say the pen's more
mighty than the sword,
but the printing press is
stronger than the pen.
And mightier still is the power
and the will of an army of Union men.
We belong to the union,
the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
strong and lively band
and follow the printer's trade.