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New Co-op Party Anthem
(sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne)
Should age-old friendship be forgot,
And never thought to last?
Should old agreement be forgot,
Those times now long since past?
For workers' rights we fought, my friend,
for universal due,
we’ll share a cup of friendship’s blend,
for the sake of struggles new.
Come share with me conviction’s brew!
The bond of truth is thine!
Proclaim our union’s strength anew,
For the sake of auld lang syne.
For workers' rights we fought, my friend,
for universal due,
we’ll share a cup of friendship’s blend,
for the sake of struggles new.
In England’s green and pleasant land,
We’ve suffered slavery’s yoke;
At Peterloo our bloodied hand
Our consciences awoke.
For workers' rights we fought, my friend,
for universal due,
we’ll share a cup of friendship’s blend,
for the sake of struggles new.
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So now those dark Satanic mills
Lie still. Reformers' zeal
Skips high like lambs round Pennine hills,
No longer dogs at heel.
For workers' rights we fought, my friend,
for universal due,
we’ll share a cup of friendship’s blend,
for the sake of struggles new.
Come raise a glass to freedom’s cause,
United, shout as one:
Equality shall shape our laws
To serve the fight we won!
For workers' rights we fought, my friend,
for universal due,
we’ll share a cup of friendship’s blend,
for the sake of struggles new.
Rick Birley
21.06.19