The Internationale Lyrics

Arise, ye starvelings, from your slumbers Arise, ye criminals 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 forthwith the old conditions And spurn the dust to win the prize Then comrades, come, rally, And the last fight let us face The Internationale Unites the human race Then comrades, come, rally, And the last fight let us face The Internationale Unites the human race We peasants, artisans and others Enrolled among the sons of toil Let's change the earth henceforth for brothers Drive the indolent from the soil On our flesh too long has fed the raven We've too long been the vulture's prey But now farewell the spirit craven The dawn brings in a brighter day No saviour from on high delivers No trust have we in prince or peer Our own right hands the chains must shiver Chains of hatred, greed and fear E'er the thieves will out with their booty And to all give a happier lot Each at the forge must do their duty And strike the iron while it's hot