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First Line: 
Step by step, the longest march can be won

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About the Song

Waldemar Hille found the lyrics to this song (almost word for word) in the preamble to the constitution of the first mineworkers union in the US, written in 1870. He asked Pete Seeger if he knew of a good tune these words could be put to. Pete had the genius to realize that "The Praties They Grow Small", a traditional Irish song written during the Great Irish Potato Famine during the 1840's fit perfectly. 

These few simple lines sum up not only what unions are all about - but what all kinds of shared struggles for social justice enccompass.