BEASTS OF ENGLAND, L' "INTERNAZIONALE" DELLA FATTORIA DEGLI ANIMALI DI GEORGE ORWELL
BEASTS OF ENGLAND, THE INTERNATIONALE OF GEORGE ORWELL'S ANIMAL FARM

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Beasts of England is a song in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm. With the events on Animal Farm mirroring those in the Soviet Union, the song is a parody of the famous communist anthem The Internationale.

In the book, Old Major explained his dream of an animal-controlled society three nights before his death. In this dream, a song came to him, to which he knew the tune as a piglet. After a few minutes of singing, the pigs memorized the song and the other animals at least picked up the tune.

It was frequently sung, sometimes several times over, especially after meetings. However, as Napoleon grew more powerful, he ordered that the singing of Beasts of England be outlawed, and replaced the song with an anthem praising... (continua)