I guess I planted some long lonesome seed of a song 
Way down inside me long ago 
And now I can't remember when it was 
But it joined up with the rest of them and grows 

It's such a little song it don't compare 
With all your big ones you hear everywhere 
But when it dawns way in the back of your mind 
The big ones are made up of the little kind 

Union song, union battled 
All added up won us all what we got now 
Union song, union battled 
All added up won us all what we got now 

I can't even start to look around me here 
Without hearing this song 
And seeing all of us first separated 
Hurt apart and afraid 

Hungry for the union 
And so we kept on 
Singing and working, fighting till we got it 
And this is the big union song I guess I hear 

Union song, union battled 
All added up won us all what we got now 
Union song, union battled 
All added up won us all what we got now 

We fought there at your place 
We fought there on your ship 
And I guess if you missed out on 
The fight for our union 

You missed out on one awful big step 
Us people took 

Union song, union battled 
All added up won us all what we got now 
Union song, union battled 
All added up won us all what we got now 

Union song, union battled 
All added up won us all what we got now 
Union song, union battled 
All added up won us all what we got now