The Internationale | Sing in Solidarity

The Internationale (Eugène Pottier/ Pierre De Geyter; American Socialist Movement Translation: Charles H. Kerr) Recorded at Solidarity Song: A Socialist Cabaret Drom NYC. May 7 2023 Website: www.nycdsachoir.org Instagram/Tiktok/Bluesky/Facebook: @nycdsachoir Lyrics: Arise, ye prisoners of starvation! Arise, ye wretched of the earth! For justice thunders condemnation: A better world's in birth! No more tradition’s chains shall bind us; Arise, ye slaves, no more in thrall! The earth shall rise on new foundations: We have been naught, we shall be all! Chorus (repeats after each verse) It’s the final conflict; Let each take their place. The international working class Shall free the human race! We want no condescending saviors To rule us from a judgment hall; We workers ask not for their favors; Let us consult for all. To make the thief give up their treasure To free the spirit from its cell, We must ourselves decide our duty, We must decide, and do it well. We workers from all lands united, Join hand in hand with all who work: The earth belongs to us, the workers, No room here for the shirk. How many on our flesh have fattened! But if the noisome birds of prey Shall vanish from the sky some morning, The blessed sunlight still will stay.