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Stand up and sing for victory will come The banners of union assemble in the sun And you'll be there beside me on the march Then you'll see the banners and the singing Bursting forth, the dawn whose coming we proclaim Red as blood, its' rays set us aflame Stand up and fight, our hearts are all aflame A new life is coming to put the past to shame Your happiness is part of this our fight A thousand cries will rise into a clamour that will Proudly sing and we cannot be wrong Freedom is the content of our song
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Now is the time for the people to rise up In struggle and utter their war cry: advance! El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido Our country is rising, its unity is strong From north to south they come to join the throng From nitrate fields the men are streaming in Streaming in from the forests in the south, they are Together now, their struggle has begun Their union foretells the shape of things to come Stand up and sing in a million blending parts The people will win for the truth is in their hearts Of steel our will, battalions we will build Justice and reason will be our battle cry Now look the women too, their hearts are bold and brave Ranged beside the workers mighty wave
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Now is the time for the people to rise up In struggle and utter their war cry: advance! El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido The people united will never be defeated ↑ top
All working people in the past have had to fight Every step of the way and Every thing they have gained Has been won through bitter struggle From those who rule: and it is the
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Will of the people to fight on In every possible way To rid themselves of the parasites Who live off their labour each day People from all walks of life Are giving full support to The struggles of the working class Conscious of their just demands For a decent living wage And this unity will grow
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It's the will of the people to fight on In every possible way To rid themselves of the parasites Who live off their labour each day When the mineworker go on strike To back up their just demands Capital feels the tremor Early warning of the earth quake to come When the workers as a class unite To seize the hour
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It's the will of the people to fight on In every possible way To rid themselves of the parasites Who live off their labour each day ↑ top
Ireland's been exploited for hundreds of years Still her people heroically fight on And will never cease their fight till their country is free And the last British soldier has finally crossed the sea
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Vict'ry will be Ireland's Vict'ry will be hers Hail Ireland's glorious martyrs Fought to make their country free Hail Irelands glorious martyrs Soon will come their victory
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Karl Marx recognised many years ago That all contradictions are solved through class struggle In Ireland the problem's not race or religion But stems from the oppression of British colonial rule
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Vict'ry will be Ireland's Vict'ry will be hers Hail Ireland's glorious martyrs Fought to make their country free Hail Irelands glorious martyrs Soon will come their victory History has shown us time and time again That imperialism is weak while the people are strong So don't let the enemy split you with their lies Recognise the real enemy and strip him of his disguise
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Vict'ry will be Ireland's Vict'ry will be hers Hail Ireland's glorious martyrs Fought to make their country free Hail Irelands glorious martyrs Soon will come their victory ↑ top
Far and wide as the eye can wander Heath and bog are everywhere Not a bird sings out to cheer us Oaks are standing, gaunt and bare
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We are the peatbog soldiers We're marching with our spades To the bog Up and down the guards are pacing No one, no one can go through Flight would mean a sure death facing Guns and barbed wire greet our view But for us there is no complaining Winter will in time be past One day we shall cry rejoicing "Homeland dear, you're mine at last!"
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Then will the peatbog soldiers March no more with spades To the bog ↑ top
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Armoured cars and tanks and guns Came to take away our sons But every man will stand behind The Men Behind the Wire Through the little streets of Belfast In the dark of early morn British soldiers came marauding Wrecking little homes with scorn. Heedless of the crying children Dragging fathers from their beds Beating sons while helpless mothers Watched the blood flow from their heads
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Not for them a judge or jury Or indeed a crime at all Being Irish means they're guilty So we're guilty one and all Round the world the truth will echo CromweIl's men are here again England's name again is sullied In the eyes of honest men
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Proudly march behind our banners Firmly stand behind our men We will have them free to help us Build a Nation once again On the people stand together Proudly firmly on your way Never fear, and never falter Till the boys are home to stay.
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Give Ireland back to the Irish, Don't make them have to take it away. Give Ireland back to the Irish, Make Ireland Irish today. Great Britain, you are tremendous, And nobody knows like me. But really, what are you doing In the land across the sea? Tell me, how would you like it, If on your way to work, You were stopped by Irish soldiers? Would you lie down, do nothing, Would you give in, who can say? Give Ireland back to the Irish, Don't make them have to take it away, yeh. Give Ireland back to the Irish, Make Ireland Irish today, yeah. Great Britain and all the people, Say that people must be free. And meanwhile, back in Ireland, There's a man who looks like me. And he dreams of God and country And he's feeling really bad. And he's sitting in a prison. Say, should he lie down, do nothing, Should he give in or go mad? Give Ireland back to the Irish, Don't make them have to take it away, yeh. Give Ireland back to the Irish, Make Ireland Irish today. Give Ireland back to the Irish, Don't make them have to take it away. Give Ireland back to the Irish, Make Ireland Irish today, yeah, yeah. ↑ top
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Revolution is the main trend in the world today The danger of a new World War still exists & The people of all countries must get prepared, but Revolution is the main trend in the world today Ever since World War two Ever since World War two US imperialism and its followers Have been continually continually Launching wars of aggression
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Revolution is the main trend in the world today And the people of various countries Have been continually waging Revolutionary wars to defeat the aggressors The danger of a new World War still exists & The people of all countries must get prepared, but Revolution is the main trend in the world today A new upsurge in the struggle against US imperialism is now emerging Throughout the world
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Revolution is the main trend in the world today ↑ top
Wages are falling Conditions are worsening As the capitalist system approaches its doom We have nothing Wages are falling Conditions are worsening As the capitalist system approaches its doom We have nothing to lose We have nothing to lose but our chains Lose but our chains We have a world to gain We have a world to gain a world to gain We have nothing to lose but our chains We have a world to win We have a world to win A world to win We have nothing to lose We have nothing to lose We have a world to win We have a world to win We have nothing to lose We have a world to win Capitalist crisis means Conditions are excellent To rouse the masses of people For revolution Capitalist crisis means Conditions are excellent To rouse the masses of people For revolution we have a world to win Last Time There is every thing to do ↑ top
Up in the morning and off to school Where the teacher is teaching you The ruling class rules English history king & queens But nobody tells you what history really means Open your book and close your minds Or the teacher will give you a thousand lines Filling your head with facts and lies Keeping you down till you realise You're not being taught what the world is about And that's why you grumble holler and shout
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Don't let them fool you With their deception The people are the true heroes Their the real makers of history The working people for hundreds of years Their the makers of all the wealth Their the real makers of history Beat your friend to the top of the class That's the advice of the ruling class Tests exams and GCE It's the only way to please the bourgeoisie Who want you to slave for the rest of your life To line their pockets till the grave
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Don't let them fool you With their deception The people are the true heroes Their the real makers of history The working people for hundreds of years Their the makers of all the wealth Their the real makers of history ↑ top
This monster oppression behold how he stalks Keeps picking the bones of the poor as he walks There's not a mechanic throughout this whole land But more or less feels the weight of his hand. That offspring of tyranny, baseness and pride Our rights both invaded and almost destroyed May that man be banished to Villainy screens Or sides with big Watkinson and his thirteens
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And may the odd knife his great carcass dissect Lay open his vitals for men to inspect A heart full as black as the infernal gulf In that greedy blood sucking and bone scraping wolf
This wicked dissenter expelled his own church Is rendered the subject of public reproach Since reprobate marks on his forehead appeared We all have concluded his conscience is seared See mammon his god and oppression his aim Hark how the streets ring with his infamous name The boys at the playhouse exhibit strange scenes Respecting big Watkinson and his thirteens
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We claim as true Yorkshire men leave to speak twice That no man should work for him at any price Since he has attempted our lives to enthral And mingle our liquor with wormwood and gall Beelzebub take him with his ill-got pelf He's equally bad if not worse than thyself So shall every cutler that honestly means Cry 'take Watkinson and his thirteens'
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For the ruling class and labour Government the situation is getting worse and worse Ev'ry thing they try is bound to fail because they 'labour' under history's inescapable curse: From crisis to crisis they lurch and they sway They scratch their heads to find a new devious way, They hope! The social contract will remedy their plight But we've twigged their old tactic & we're going to fight
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So Smash (Smash, Smash) the Social Contract it's the cry of workers all over the land No! to class collaboration We've sorted out your lies and deception You always call for sacrifice And for sacrifice we're ready, but not To save the system but for the victory of our class Liberal, Labour, Tory: all the same. They play the part of monopoly capitalist hacks No matter if they call us 'brother', They want the price of the crisis to be laid on our backs "Give up this, Give up that. Take the cuts and tighten your belts" They say . . The Social contract is for the country's health What they mean is healthy profits for ruling class wealth,
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Now at Leyland Ford and other factories, class conscious workers are shouting No No No Dockers & Sailors on the seas, And other workers join the battle and the tide is in flood As the masses struggle the mask is ripped away: The gruesome reality is plain to see: The real . . Social Contract is for the country's health: What they mean is healthy profits for ruling class wealth,
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In the fight to smash the contract We build our strength and discipline Grasp it firmly as we organise the seizer of power is the path ahead. The proletarian party, steeled and strong, leading and guiding the working class Unite! to smash the Contract, It's part of our task Which is to fight & overthrow the ruling class. Chorus ↑
A weak nation can defeat a strong A small nation can defeat a big This is a law of history it's a law of history The people of a small country Can surely defeat aggression by a big country If only they dare to rise in struggle Take up arms & grasp in their own hands The destiny of their country This is a law of history of history It's a law of history Facts prove Innumerable facts prove Prove that a just cause A just cause enjoys Abundant support Abundant support Abundant support Abundant support While an unjust cause Finds little support It finds little support It finds little support The people The people The people The people Waging people's war Waging people's war Waging people's war Waging people's war Enjoy abundant support Abundant support Abundant support A weak nation can defeat a strong A small nation can defeat a big If only they dare to rise in struggle Take up arms & grasp in their own hands The destiny of their country This is a law of history of history oh yes It's a law of history Of history, history The people take their destiny Into their own hands The week can defeat the strong It is a law of history History History ↑
Ernst Thälmann he was out in front His fist was raised to strike them Brigades were growing thick and fast To take the battle forward The Flag was red and the fight was on For our sturdy Comrade Thälmann Raise your fist! Sound the alarm! The phony court Has sentenced him to perish But when the people of the world Rise up to liberation We'll snatch the axe that falls on him For our sturdy comrade Thälmann Raise your fist! Dimitrov was in just this spot The traitors thought they had him But news was spread at lightning speed And world opinion freed him The world awakes, indignation flames For our sturdy comrade Thälmann Raise your fist!↑
Spanish heavens spread their brilliant starlight High above our trenches in the plain In the distance morning comes to greet us Calling us to battle once again
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Far off is our home yet ready we stand We're fighting and winning for you Freedom Freedom We'll not yeild a foot to Franco's fascists Even though the bullets fall like sleet With us stand those peerles men our comrades And for us there can be no retreat
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Far off is our home yet ready we stand We're fighting and winning for you Freedom Freedom Beat the drum ready the bayonets Forward march Victory our reward With our scarlet banner smash their colum Thalmann Battalion forward march
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Far off is our home yet ready we stand We're fighting and winning for you Freedom Freedom Freedom Freedom ↑
And because a man is human He'll want to eat, and thanks a lot But talk can't take the place of meat or fill an empty pot.
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So left, two, three! So left, two, three! Comrade, there's a place for you. Take your stand in the workers united front For you are a worker too. And because a man is human he won't care for a kick in the face. He doesn't want slaves under him Or above him a ruling class.
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So left, two, three! So left, two, three! Comrade, there's a place for you. Take your stand in the workers united front For you are a worker too. And because a worker's a worker No one else will bring him liberty. It's nobody's work but the worker' own To set the worker free.
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So left, two, three! So left, two, three! Comrade, there's a place for you. Take your stand in the workers united front For you are a worker too. ↑
In the dawn when the sky dull red is glowing And the road I will travel is agreed to I will treasure all the love that you have shown me And go to rouse the people For the road I will travel is the surface Beneath the earth our fallen comrades dead but living Amongst the factories and fields they show our purpose They show that only in fighting are we unvanquished If today they should close our last lifes window If they brand us and bind us with shakles Yet again they will find the dead beside the living Against them we you and everyone waging struggle We will sieze again the land that is our birthright We will breath again the limpid air of freedom And a backward glance will tell us who we were And today in the battle, who we are. ↑
Ireland belongs to the Irish people First of our four principles Obvious to a child of three Ireland belongs to the Irish people Bourgeois governments won't agree So we'll have to fight it out Ireland her own & all that therein is The sod, the sky, the labour, the life, the people That's our demand & let's not settle for less Eight hundred years of colonial rule Have not destroyed the nation's will to be free
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Oh Ireland one & Ireland free The Irish people rule the land That is our aim & it will be achieved By taking the road of revolution Ireland alone & all therein Shall be ruled by the Irish people The Irish people are one people Second of our principles Protestant & catholic say: The Irish people are one people They have naught to fight about They'll unite the North & South Seeds of partition had been planted by British politicians back in history Against the day they'd need 'Divide & Rule' Oppressor's nightmare the red flag When the workers unite the border will be no more
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The Irish can solve all their national problems Free from interference by a greedy foreign power Traitor there are amongst the Irish too & dearly do they love to sell old Ireland and All therein to fleece their private nests Traitors are grateful for a country to sell For die they would before they'd stoop to work
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A nation oppressing another nation Can't be free itself at all English people now hear this: Source of reaction in our own country The Irish question's used by the British ruling class As a for the fascist use of force English Internationalists must Fight for Irish freedom from this side
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Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Ireland Marxist Leninist Communist Party of England Hands joined hearts one fighting for our freedom Glorious Future draws us into battle Marxist Leninist Worldwide hand in hand Fighting for the future of Mankind ↑
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British Imperialism Get Out of Ireland Down with your murdering plunder & rule The British working class & the Irish people Have a common enemy: The British monopoly capitalist class Irish people fight across the sea We are fighting in unity We are fighting in unity
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We uphold what Engels said: A nation which oppresses another nation Cannot itself be free Support the Irish peoples struggle For national independence & unity For national independence & unity
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To support the Irish people There is only one way Support the Marxist Leninist Support the Irish peoples struggle For national independence & unity For national independence & unity
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British Imperialism Get Out of Ireland Down with your murdering plunder & rule ↑
Some men, faint-hearted, ever seek Our programme to retouch, And will insist, when're they speak That we demand too much. 'Tis passing strange, yet I declare Such statements cause me mirth, For our demands most moderate are, We only want the earth. "Be moderate" the trimmers cry. Who dread the tyrants thunder. You ask too much and people fly From you aghast in wonder. 'Tis passing strange, for I declare Such statements give me mirth, For our demands most moderate are, We only want the earth. Our masters all a godly crew, Whose hearts throb for the poor, Their sympathies assure us, too, If our demands were fewer. Most generous souls! But please observe, What they enjoy from birth Is all we ever had the nerve To ask, that is, the earth. The"labour fakir" full of guile, Base doctrine ever preaches, And whilst he bleeds the rank and file Tame moderation teaches. Yet, in despite, we'll see the day When, with sword in its girth, Labour shall march in war array To seize its own, the earth. For labour long' with sighs and tears, To its oppressors knelt. But never yet, to aught save fears, Did the heart of tyrant melt. We need not kneel, our cause no dearth Of loyal soldiers' needs And our victorious rallying cry Shall be we want the earth! ↑