Hold Fast

Winner, Strike Song of the Year 2025, in the Labor Notes and Pittsburgh Labor Choir song contest for general strike songs and poetry. 

Hold Fast (link here)

Am Dm E
​People rise up, people shout- put your tools down and walk out
E Am
Hold fast! All together, hold the line!
Am Dm E
Every worker in this land, strike together hand in hand 
G Dm E
Hold fast! All together, hold the line!
Chorus
Am 
Hold the line! Hold the line! 
Dm E
Hold it for the future, yours and mine-
Am Dm E
With a fire in your belly, and iron in your spine!
E Am
Hold fast! All together, hold the line!

Cross our arms and plant our feet, and we’ve got the system beat 
Hold fast- all together, hold the line!
Not a single wheel will turn, ‘til we’ve taken what we’ve earned
​Hold fast- all together, hold the line!

King Don can build his wall, but the curtain always falls 
​Hold fast- all together, hold the line!
Soon the first will be the last, and we’ll march out of the past
​Hold fast- all together, hold the line!

This old world has come apart, there’s a new one in our hearts
​Hold fast- all together, hold the line!
Workers know what we are worth- we demand only the earth
​​Hold fast- all together, hold the line!