The lyrics of the Joan Baez folk song about the legendary executed union organizer Joe Hill

I dreamed, I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died" says he "I never died" says he "The copper bosses killed you, Joe" "They shot you Joe" says I "Takes more than guns to kill a man" Says Joe "I didn't die" Says Joe "I didn't die" And standing there, as big as life And smiling with his eyes Says Joe "What they can never kill Went on to organize Went on to organize" From San Diego up to Maine In every mine and mill Where working folks defend their rights It's there you find Joe Hill It's there you find Joe Hill I dreamed I saw, I dreamed I saw, Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead" "I never died" says he, "I never died" says he "I never died" says he" You might also like Joe Hill The Dubliners Donna Donna Joan Baez Going to California Led Zeppelin Embed About Song Bio 1 contributor This well-known song is an adaptation of a poem written around 1930 by writer Alfred Hayes about worker and activist Joe Hill.