Bill Bailey The Ultimate Sectarian

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Bill Bailey belonged to every 
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radical party that ever came to be,
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Till he finally decided to start 
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his own party so he wouldn't 
disagree.
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He got himself an office with a 
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sign outside the door, with 
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"Marxist League" in letters red,
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And to everyone who came around 
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these were the words he said:

[Chorus]
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"Oh, you may be a friend of Max 
Shachtman, Jim Cannon and you may 
agree,
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You may get along with Norman 
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Thomas and with Algernon Lee
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You may be an old-time Wobbly, and 
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think Jay Lovestone's fine,
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Yes, you may be a comrade to all 
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of these folks, but you ain't no 
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Comrade of mine."

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[Verse 2]
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For 17 years Bill Bailey kept his 
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office with the sign outside the 
door,
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But he never, ever got a new 
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member. Everybody made him sore.
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And then one night, there came a 
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big fire and through the flame and 
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smoke,
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As the firemen rushed in to save 
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Bill's life, these were the words he
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"Oh, you may be a friend of Ben 
Gitlow; Reverend Muste and you may 
agree,
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You may get along with Emma 
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Goldman and with the S.L.P..
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You may have belonged to every 
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radical party that ever had a line,
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Yes, you may be a comrade to all 
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of those folks, but you ain't no 
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comrade of mine."

[Verse 3]
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And so on this day, Bill Bailey 
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passed away, and his soul to Red 
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Heaven flew.
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He was met at the gate by old Karl
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 Marx and Friedrich Engels(13), too.
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They said, "Welcome, comrade," as 
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they opened the gate to let Bill 
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come inside,
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As he slammed the door back in old
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 Karl's face, these were the words 
he cried:

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"Oh, you may be a friend of Karl 
Kautsky, and a pal of Ferd LaSalle,
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You may get along with William 
Liebknecht and the First 
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Internationale,
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Yes, you may have inspired every 
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radical party from the Hudson to 
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the Rhine,
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Oh, you may be a comrade of all of
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 those folks, but you ain't no 
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comrade of mine."