966. I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night (Alfred Hayes, Earl Robinson)

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Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, known as Joseph Hillström, or Joe Hill for short (1879 - 1915) was a Swedish-American union leader and songwriter. He was executed for a murder he probably had nothing to do with. After his death, he was memorialized by several folk songs, this one being the best known. It was written as a poem by Alfred Hayes in about 1930 and set to music by Earl Robinson in 1936. This song has been recorded by several artists, notably Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger, The Dubliners and ...