Talk:Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Music
The tune for the chorus is similar to the tune used by John Jacob Niles for Jack of Diamonds.Pustelnik (talk) 13:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

1908 songcard
Looking for an image for the site.Pustelnik (talk) 14:25, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Film Version
You should mention the Rogers and Hart version for the 1933 Jolson film of the same name. The lyrics are different. Is the tune also changed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.10.198.101 (talk) 17:06, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

History, Union "Bums"
My father, who was born in 1900, and a strong Union Man used to sing this song to me, only it started with "Oh I don't like work, and work don't like me, and that is the reason I yam on the bum"

He also attributed this song as being a counter to Henry Fords statement that all Union members were "bums".

Phil Oswald quilter716@aol.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.176.63.134 (talk • contribs) (11:55, 19 July 2009)


 * My uncle had a 78 of this in his basement in the 1960s. We boys found the song bizarre and hilarious since the Canadian meaning of "bum" is "buttocks". Varlaam (talk) 23:35, 4 December 2011 (UTC) (Ontario)

Slur on the I.W.W.
By design, the I.W.W. purposedly included ALL workers from unskilled to highly skilled within a single organization ("One Big Union"). As abundantly documented, it and its members were constantly under attack and run down by detractors in the attempt to discredit their progressive Labor goals (i.e., because of the threat they represented to the capitalist ruling class). No evidence was provided regarding the claim made in this Wikipedia article that 'Hallelujah, I'm a Bum' was ever chosen by the I.W.W. as its "marching song" - the idea is absurd. Neither are there proper citations of the claims that Harry McClintock worked alongside Joe Hill, was an I.W.W. "spellbinder", nor regarding any involvement on his part in support of the organization. As is, this article serves only to perpetuate a very old attempt to equate I.W.W. membership with an unwillingness to work (i.e., the old 'I Won't Work' lie). Please remove the improper allusion and what it implies. Similarly, reference to McClintock in the article on Joe Hill should be deleted. Johnwkoster (talk) 22:31, 4 March 2023 (UTC)