Now the final battle rages;
Tyrants quake with fear;
Rulers of the New Dark Ages
Know their end is near.
Scorn to take the crumbs they drop us;
All is ours by right!
Onward! All Hell can't stop us!
Crush the parasite!
With a world-wide revolution,
Bring them to your feet!
They of crime and persecution,
They must work to eat!
Scorn to take the crumbs they drop us;
All is ours by right!
Onward! All Hell can't stop us!
Crush the parasite!
Tear the mask of lies asunder;
Let the truth be known;
With a voice of angry thunder,
Rise and claim your own!
Scorn to take the crumbs they drop us;
All is ours by right!
Onward! All Hell can't stop us!
Crush the parasite!
Down with Greed and Exploitation;
Tyranny must fall!
Hail to Toil's Emancipation;
Labor shall be all.
Scorn to take the crumbs they drop us;
All is ours by right!
Onward! All Hell can't stop us!
Crush the parasite!
Tyrants quake with fear;
Rulers of the New Dark Ages
Know their end is near.
Scorn to take the crumbs they drop us;
All is ours by right!
Onward! All Hell can't stop us!
Crush the parasite!
With a world-wide revolution,
Bring them to your feet!
They of crime and persecution,
They must work to eat!
Scorn to take the crumbs they drop us;
All is ours by right!
Onward! All Hell can't stop us!
Crush the parasite!
Tear the mask of lies asunder;
Let the truth be known;
With a voice of angry thunder,
Rise and claim your own!
Scorn to take the crumbs they drop us;
All is ours by right!
Onward! All Hell can't stop us!
Crush the parasite!
Down with Greed and Exploitation;
Tyranny must fall!
Hail to Toil's Emancipation;
Labor shall be all.
Scorn to take the crumbs they drop us;
All is ours by right!
Onward! All Hell can't stop us!
Crush the parasite!
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2014/5/23 - 10:31
La canzone fu scritta da Ralph Chaplin durante la sua detenzione nella prigione di Leavenworth, tra il 1917 ed il 1921. Presente anche nella raccolta di Chaplin intitolata "Bars And Shadows: The Prison Poems", è quindi databile al 1918 o 1919.
Bernart Bartleby - 2014/5/23 - 13:40
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Nella 15ma edizione del “Little Red Song Book” dell’IWW.