Stand up, all victims of oppression
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For the tyrants fear your might
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Don't cling so hard to your possessions
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For you have nothing, if you have no rights
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Let racist ignorance be ended
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For respect makes the empires fall
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Freedom is merely privilege extended
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Unless enjoyed by one and all
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Chorus:
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So come brothers and sisters
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For the struggle carries on
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The Internationale
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Unites the world in song
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So comrades come rally
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For this is the time and place
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The international ideal
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Unites the human race
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Let no one build walls to divide us
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Walls of hatred nor walls of stone
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Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
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We'll live together or we'll die alone
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In our world poisoned by exploitation
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Those who have taken, now they must give
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And end the vanity of nations
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We've but one Earth on which to live
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And so begins the final drama
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In the streets and in the fields
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We stand unbowed before their armour
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We defy their guns and shields
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When we fight, provoked by their aggression
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Let us be inspired by life and love
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For though they offer us concessions
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Change will not come from above
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The Internationale
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Billy Bragg |