DAILY WORKER SONGIT'S MY PAPER
When the papers run by Tories carry horrifying stories
That the Worker gets its cash from Uncle Joe
They may bluster, they may rage.
I just turn another page, I Say it’s nonsense I ought to know
Because its
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My paper, I built this paper,
If you want to know who runs it, I’m the guy!
And no matter what they say,
The truth is here to stay, Because i’ll fight for the WORKER till I die
When they call me agitatator,
even when they call me traitor,
when they tell me that my train is off the track,
then I’m smart enough to see what “The Worker” does for me,
so I’m rolling up my sleeves and fighting back
Because it’s
My paper I built this paper,
If you want to know who runs it, I’m the guy!
And no matter what they say,
The truth is here to stay,
Because i’ll fight for the WORKER till I die
Words by John Hastead 1921-2002
Cira late 1940s
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* I have heard a recent version song during the miners strike in the 1980s replacing "It's My Paper" with "It's My Union"
