All the world is made of music. We are all strings on a lyre. We resonate. We sing together.
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Scientists never study the important things. Like why some animals seem to have evolved the ability to gloat.
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Birth: | 7th October, 1879 |
Death: | 19th November, 1915 |
Nationality: | American, Swedish |
Profession: | Union Leader |
Joe Hill, also known as Joseph Hillström was born in Gävle, Sweden. He was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. Hill, an immigrant worker frequently facing unemployment and underemployment, became a popular songwriter and cartoonist for the union. His most famous songs include "The Preacher and the Slave", "The Tramp", "There is Power in a Union", "The Rebel Girl", and "Casey Jones—the Union Scab".
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