Up the long ladder

Chorus:
Up the long ladder
and down the short rope
to hell with John Howard,
he’s stolen our hope.
We’ll tear them in two,
with the Liberals we’re through
let them hang from the ladder
and swing on the rope.

The workers united will never be defeated
All the pollies and bosses can get overheated.
Together we’ll stand and together we’ll fight
together united we’ll fight for what’s right.

The workers united will never be defeated
the struggle we’ve started we will see completed.
We’ll not be deflected and we’ll not be abused
you’ll see our struggle each night on the news.

There’s more of us than there are of them
the bosses class is pretty dim.
There’s more of us than there are of them
United, we will always win.

A fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay
there will never be another way.
If we stand together we’ll hold sway
and others will join us along the way.

The bosses class can kiss our arse
we’ve all got a decent job at last.
A full time job on award rates of pay
that is the real Australian way.

First published in The Word 21/10/2005.