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The song of the
First and Second International, it was written by a transport worker
after the Paris Commune
was crushed by the French government. The song was later used as the
first Soviet Union National Anthem and Anthem of the (Third) Communist
International, until 1944 when the latter was disolved.
Written by:
Eugène Pottier - Paris, June 1871
Music by: Pierre
Degeyter - 1888
The International
Arise ye workers from your slumbers
Arise ye prisoners of
want
For reason in revolt now
thunders
And at last ends the age
of cant.
Away with all your
superstitions
Servile masses arise,
arise
We'll change henceforth
the old tradition
And spurn the dust to
win the prize.
Refrain:
So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let
us face
The Internationale
unites the human race.
No more deluded by
reaction
On tyrants only we'll
make war
The soldiers too will
take strike action
They'll break ranks and
fight no more
And if those cannibals
keep trying
To sacrifice us to their
pride
They soon shall hear the
bullets flying
We'll shoot the generals
on our own side.
No saviour from on high
delivers
No faith have we in
prince or peer
Our own right hand the
chains must shiver
Chains of hatred, greed
and fear
E'er the thieves will
out with their booty
And give to all a
happier lot.
Each at the forge must
do their duty
And we'll strike while
the iron is hot.
Billy
Bragg's version of The Internationale:
Stand up, all
victims of oppression
For the tyrants fear your
might
Don't cling so hard to
your possessions
For you have nothing, if
you have no rights
Let racist ignorance be
ended
For respect makes the
empires fall
Freedom is merely
privilege extended
Unless enjoyed by one and
all.
CHORUS: So come brothers
and sisters
For the struggle carries
on
The Internationale
Unites the world in song
So comrades come rally
For this is the time and
place
The international ideal
Unites the human race
Let no one build walls to
divide us
Walls of hatred nor walls
of stone
Come greet the dawn and
stand beside us
We'll live together or
we'll die alone
In our world poisoned by
exploitation
Those who have taken, now
they must give
And end the vanity of
nations
We've one but one Earth
on which to live
And so begins the
final drama
In the streets and in the fields
We stand unbowed before their armour
We defy their guns and shields
When we fight, provoked by their aggression
Let us be inspired by life and love
For though they offer us concessions
Change will not come from above.
 Billy Bragg, circa
1990
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