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| Versione inglese di Giuseppe Romano |
| THE FACTORY | THE FACTORY |
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| March the 5th, 1943 | 8/4/43 |
| the royal army in the mud, | in the mud the Duce and the king's armies |
| the soldiers dying on the Don | the Alpini are dying,betrayed, along the Don |
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| A hundred workers in every factory | A hundred workers in every workshop |
| wait for the siren to ring | waiting for the siren sound |
| The factory roars with its machines and engines | echoes the factory of machines and engines |
| louder, the silence of a thousand workers | more louder the thousand workers silence |
| The siren rings, they put down their tools | and then when the time comes, they lay down their tools |
| The first strike in Turin begins now | the first strike begins in the Turin factories |
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| A boy runs around, spreading the news | And runs here and there a boy to give the voice |
| another factory stops, more workers cross their arms | stops another factory, other arms go on the cross |
| at the police station, the telephone rings and rings | and the phones in the police station are ringing |
| a fascist acts fearless, but he's trembling with fear | a hierarch act like a brave, but begins to be afraid |
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| Great promises, the fatherland, the empire | Great promises, the homeland and the empire |
| more and more women dressed in black | more and more women dressed in black |
| ringing alarms, cities in ruins | alarms that sound, cities in ruins |
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| March the 15th, on the newspaper | Fifteen March the newspaper is in Milan |
| the communists call for the revolution | relaunch the appeal the clandestine PCI |
| the cops inspect, they pretend to know | the cops control,pretend to know |
| the blackshirts act aggressively | start the arrogance of the Blackshirts |
| and then suddenly, the zeal cools down | but when is the time,mthe ardors die |
| as a hundred thousand workers begin their strike | because 100'000 workers go on strike |
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| A fascist squad arrives, nightsticks in hand | and come some thughs armed with sticks |
| they back off right away, being hit by bricks | but immediatly run away under sthe blows of bricks |
| and just like in Stalingrad the nazis fell | and as in Stalingrad the nzaist was defeated |
| at the striking Breda, the fascists fled | at the communist Breda during the strike the fascist runned away |
