t - International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers

To lil nrt 14ew rco*lrib.tor, ai heoriy
com:! W, h.. .t Oe i ,iay ,iy.
A linteman gazel up at th sky,
He warhbed the birds, go flying hy
"They're headin' North, hy gum,' he" i
'Alnd i overworked and underfed
1 thnok I'll patk anI hit the trail.
Tonighl I'll sha the mminight uihlil
A narrow back swore in i house b iar
"Thatl uy ain't halif o sin art an I,
Only the best cIan learn miy trade.
We're niat lir bhorn and then - d e1 l iiii
Senine dy i'l1 has, this hlalLstedii cr'
I'll show that ape hhat I Ian do.'
The liinennth llellted o'c1 te ilei''%
"Still war"ing pille, you seissor hill
.ii
I'd hate to SpeL I my Ii ifsoide.
W~lear a four-fot ll ell and Ia hll'iel
hide.
Hies steepld it pride, the nrnery Pink
Lik ilnilted milk., le's double thiik '
That night they Iet at the bar rhiuin tInI
They both got rinedl, s oft before
The narrow back grabied l the midnight maifl,
The lineIall anile tille eujil;ty Jil;
aeh one rejoinid at the ther's failt
For pals they wer"' with aI fliesil/ hat*
BoO DENNIN.
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DI)EVILLED ERGS
If the err is tile ilt nf kolk
Take my wr. it h he unit of ik'
MAixganl~l TrAnlr
I I No 124
TO 10. AND iA BATI.LE OF IMRIMMY'
('Ic Saga ,>f Capilui Andy Johnrsot I
] nekitie it jixer nin Dostan,
I khos , Iullone [ frieqI l ontll
With story aItd antic
nso* a liit
lie trude the Atlanlti
An exellrtt JIlki to get glossed onii'
UNDERS.TATING
M~uIFIAIL TrAV
L. V No 124
rfhis is It sintUi part 'f the tirlle tIp atrin
y th Mi lnneapolis Labial [leien In U
n aI ann? butL.
Li'ghtin effects origiljated hy nriI.thrs f
he arrangement conmmittee, that ire Ith
Lutposl!s
tii....cet
of beauty, something wh'mer ,Nall
,,ill take your breath a"ay. wi]l add
Ihe last toue h to this erlrlig f i'leasre r
glamotr g dld elight,
"This is just a comparatively dull pictureil
of the grandeur adnid splendour that will make
a haikgrundn for tile aeilnusn gricll II ali.
the swvaying rfnms ulivin, of the lTt...t fa...
iartill K w ee in m lthe ¥urylt, the gallant 'It
tl~eanr'r ~nod h lBldnne apIpe r... ae if th,
li-nest iei in tilt worl h, will le 'njolvg
th, fitieth an.nal hall of Electrieli \Vorl
,rs 22, tIle l lit and wnien of
oirgatlied lahbor
MinIearpolis
['e'S iLke to #e, II i n th tis lcriri ea: di,,
J h i' g l t d I u i' n h .
TIHE B. A.
The toughest job in our outtfit nlode
Is the one we hanilderd to .u. r hA.
Por the re's a]ino in aes .. tn makeil a i..il...
Ihat the Ither fellow's horne 'got the
That jab that was "put on ic foIr ire"
Was given by that umnib clucr tar "(;"
[]Ut if [ia the fellow who gets the jol,
Then the lid B.A. is a 'darned good lob'
Till sonwtlnn else aroube our ire
Then aga in the fat is in the ire.
Alti so, it goe. frotll isnou till eve
As eac1h f at uils his oIn pet peeve`
'm s,,r that if we haill his jil, to ii
We'd many ja lte he ir itst
Whethlr John or Jil, or Fred or Phil
Was the ilan who''! dio to ill the bill
When the Ilniliirilr calIs for that rare e r r
tiolL,
A imait WhI Call satisfy all the nation
Let's try to show as best we may
Our loyalty to our B.A
A fellow who's oinlg the best he Caln
To helpl along his fellow man.
And n.e.. n our brsts luital of knoks
Sn hiere's t. ynru, lA,, old socks!
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HI'i I, rE nlrii. N
Hiere's a titie/ thnit .i, h,''i'.'', i
~ p.*r e ij of this coP
lie GETS IT IN TIEF NECI(.
here is a job wotulid I it<
'TItnuIt -uoiy drwe nd ,a e tik,.
he felow ho collect the dues
The I ni td rt 'ng e'y
III-LINE IIOMI()D E
Oht, sheriff, pleas.'
mnie out here quick
T
Thlre a line gang Ip'lvinS
A dirty trick.
i heard the boss ilait
Say to his crew
"Nw Ilstein boys.
Ilirs uis i we'll d,
We, I hontg a guy
I rot, !oniter pub
Aid bury a dead lnin
this hole"
V LEN Np'A 7(4,
A llei trench of the trod tlo hhl thai poge
he
ha, a
eai giung rndiyol B lis 'ir
sh r berth bl iu th r In,
rother no,
aer i ,ri
MIEMOIRS OF A SEAGOING
RADIO OPERATOR
The raucus groatln of a rotary spark;
A lear oid note of the federal arc
The plaintive r hirp if the 142:
Wafting a nessrge right to you.
Eight hours a day with healdphone.
Riding a freighteir hire and ;,t,
Sweatin under a tropical sui
Wirhing I had a cniasta run
Winter onii the North Atlanricl,
Windit aid water iti waves gigantic:
Sumniit in the Carrbbean Sen.
Steanlint alhng so erieefnll '
t;rutl you W'Old'Il look at ''ie:
Sumiptuoo s feasts Oh, so tire'
PrilneKs! Prunesl I'runrost None for nme,
Wonder why I wrltt to sea?
Tl.aves i. Lonldon anId (Gerllniy,
fleli/nn, Frantce and Italy
Noniths pe t ,n ilsl a t s i hip,
jongills for houme IllIll the etld of til> t~ripi
IILt wherlver ] I lsty rlsit
I'm always thinldinrg of honm,.
[11o ri o cIy/iint y evIIn rates
(olniareri to olur Tntiitil St;ate'-
IFRAN A, VTINiEi,
Ex-Rm lit Operata r SS West Kyska,
W&ASD
VISE SERMON
A milnstLgt to aur hlIIs in the fixturl silhnpsi
Keep pie>rn, wretnlhe a-so-la,.
WTiea -stringing, hacksaws a sawing
Tools a-s wi giig ;m irrity e've ywhere;
\May a..tdilut emip loiyment
lling glee anid enjoy..ent
Ihat iall of us itaty eqmitllt share
May mlen at the behes,
like oldiiers in trenehe,
I[,earn tie Ilf full value e
May frictjiol always fail
itllrrataon
Amidst Iius I prevail,
Let it Ito used nily , iaraltio n!
liIt s thrltds are lrinfr,I*- "hbn ell..iaI'S
applied,
Our ranks naIy bre ttrlligh, il'! with i.i,'crd
i ,inide
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