[Chorus]
We are the workers of Ontario
The workers of Ontario
We hail from the north and from the south
In the north we mine the ore
In the south we manufacture
We are a part of the Canadian
Canadian proletariat
[Verse 1]
We are the workers of Ontario
We work for the rich of the United States
We work for the rich of Canada
We work under the yoke of wage-slavery
Hauling the riches out of the earth
Manufacturing commodities for the rich to sell.
We are the workers of Ontario
A mighty section of the Canadian working class.
[Chorus]
We are the workers of Ontario
The workers of Ontario
We hail from the north and from the south
In the north we mine the ore
In the south we manufacture
We are a part of the Canadian
Canadian proletariat
[Verse 2]
We are workers of Ontario
Long oppressed by the graft and corruption
Brought into the organised working class
By the blacklegs, the sellouts and traitors
The labour aristocracy
Those who swear by the name of Capital
Big bosses of the Autoworkers, Steel and other unions
Everyone of them want our blood to be sucked.
[Chorus]
We are the workers of Ontario
The workers of Ontario
We hail from the north and from the south
In the north we mine the ore
In the south we manufacture
We are a part of the Canadian
Canadian proletariat
[Verse 3]
In the 40s we fought against exploitation
And in the 50s we never stopped
Many were the struggles which the rich cannot forget
Yet still they say we re for the capitalist system.
Yet, our ideology is Marxism-Leninism
We re workers and like workers everywhere
Our aspiration is for socialism
Ushered in by violent revolution
[Chorus]
We are the workers of Ontario
The workers of Ontario
We hail from the north and from the south
In the north we mine the ore
In the south we manufacture
We are a part of the Canadian
Canadian proletariat