Come on, friends, and let's go down
Let's go down, let's go down
Come on, friends, and let's go down
Down on the picket line

As we went down on the picket line
To keep the scabs out of the mine
Who's goin' to win the strike
Come on and we'll show you the way

We went out one mornin' before daylight
And I was sure we'd have a fight
But the scabs us carely [cowardly?] ran away
We went back the very next day.

Come on, friends, and let's go down
Let's go down, let's go down
Come on, friends, and let's go down
Down on the picket line

As we went down on the picket line
To keep the scabs out of the mine
Who's goin' to win the fight
Come on and we'll show you the way

We all went out on the railroad track
To meet them scabs and turn 'em back
We went there strike, I'm glad to say
Come on and we'll show you the way