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"Joe Hill", also known as "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night",[1] is a folk song named after labor activist Joe Hill, which was originally written in poem by Alfred Hayes in 1925 and composed into music by Earl Robinson in 1936.[2]

"Joe Hill"
Song
Released	1936 (1936)
Genre	Folk
Composer(s)	Earl Robinson
Lyricist(s)	Alfred Hayes

Reception

In 2014, the Paul Robeson version of the song was the third-most requested song by British Labour politicians on Desert Island Discs, behind "Jerusalem" and "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", with the song also chosen by then-party leader Ed Miliband.[3]

Covers and adaptations

• Joan Baez performed the song at the Woodstock music festival in 1969 and later included it in her album, One Day at a Time[4][5]
• In his 1990 album The Internationale, Billy Bragg adapted the song into "I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night"[6]
• Luke Kelly famously covered this song,^[when?] which is now considered a classic Irish folk song
• On International Workers' Day in 2014, at Tampa, Florida, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band opened their show with a cover of the song.[7]

References

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