These lyrics have been written by an unknown Finnish-American author, propably a Wobbly, i.e. a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or »tuplajuulainen« (a double-u'er) as the Finnish Wobblies used to call themselves. This is clearly shown by the word »skääppi«, a Finglish equivalent of the English word scab. And scabs are what this version of the song is all about.

Qui intitolata "La pace è un cormorano"

Text source: Қазақ әндері (1963)

Sung to a tune different from the original music, this Finnish version of the song by an unknown author was first published in 1923 in Köyhälistön laulukirja (Proletarian Songbook).

Source: Ilpo Saunio & Timo Tuovinen: Edestä aattehen - suomalaisia työväenlauluja 1890 - 1938 (For the Cause - Finnish Working Class Songs 1890 - 1938, Tammi Publishing Company, Helsinki 1978)

1υ. ვარშაული [Varshauli] - La versione georgiana di Irodion Evdošvili [იროდიონ ევდოშვილი, 1901]
1υ. ვარშაული [Varshauli] - The Georgian version by Irodion Evdošvili [იროდიონ ევდოშვილი, 1901]

"The Georgian Varšavjanka [Varshauli] was translated from the Russian original by I. Edošvili in 1901, according to a Russian article. But this text was published in the revolutionary songbook "რევოლუცის სიმღერები 1923" [revolutsis singherebi 1923, "Revolutionary songs"], in which the lyrics of many revolutionary songs, such as The Internationale and La Marseillaise, were written in Georgian." [Boreč]

According to one Russian article, the Georgian version of "Варшавянка" was first written in 1901 by a Georgian communist, Irodion Evdošvili (იროდიონ ევდოშვილი, 1873-1916). He began his career as a poet in 1895, when his poems were published in a newspaper "Iveria" under the editorship of Ilia Č’avč’avadze.... (Continues)

This Finnish-American Wobbly version of the song by an unknown author was first published in 1918 in Proletaari Lauluja (Proletarian Songs, Workers Socialist Publishing Company, Duluth, Minnesota). According to Ilpo Saunio & Timo Tuovinen’s book Edestä aattehen - suomalaisia työväenlauluja 1890 - 1938 (For the Cause - Finnish Working Class Songs 1890 - 1938, Tammi Publishing Company, Helsinki 1978), its lyricist is unknown suggesting that the Finnish music archive records crediting the almost identical lyrics of the above version (Proletaarit nouskaa) from 1928 to Hannes Saari may not be correct.

1g1. Puolan työväen marssi / Varsovalainen - 1908 / 1919
1g1. Puolan työväen marssi / Varsovalainen - 1908 / 1919

In 1908, another Warszavianka version titled Puolan työväen marssi (Polish Workers' March) was published in J. Kaikka's broadside ballad collection Työväenlauluja (Working Class Songs). In the same year, the lyrics of the song, written by an unknown author and reading »Wihurit wihaisna taas waikeroi« (Strong rushes of wind angrily moan), were published in a Social Democratic songbook and a song booklet for workers with the title Puolan veripäivien marssi (Polish Blood-Days March). Slightly altered and with one stanza added, the same lyrics were published eleven years later in Punaisen sotilaan laulukirja (A Red Soldier's Songbook, St. Petersburg, 1919) by Elvira Willman-Eloranta (1875-1925), this time with the title Varsovalainen (The Varsovian). [JR]



Nel 1908, un'altra versione... (Continues)