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ART & MUSIC-THE INTERNATIONALE- LETS UNITE THE HUMAN RACE-THE FAMILY OF MAN-NO MORE CAPITALIST WAR
Thursday, 31 March 2011 22:07
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THE INTERNATIONALE (song)
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The Internatinale (L ‘Internationale in French) is the most famous socialist song; one widely recognized around the world.
The original was written in 1870 by Eugene Pottier and song to the tune of La Marseillaise.
It has been translated into dozens of languages, and was the principle musical expression of allegiance to the ideas of the October Revolution and the Soviet Union.
It was also a rallying song of the students and workers at the Tiananmen Square Protest of 1989—China.
The traditional British version of The Internationale is sung in 3 verses, while the American Charles Hope Kerr is in two. Bill Bragg, after talking to Pete Seeger, wrote a 6-stanza translation found at http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Internationale
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British/Irish translation:
First Stanza
Arise, ye workers from your slumber,
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!
So comrades, come rally,
And the last fight let us face.
The Internationale,
Unites the human race.
So comrades, come rally,
And the last fight let us face.
The Internationale,
Unites the human race.
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