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Махновщина [La Makhnovtchina]

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The MakhnovshchinaMakhnovtchina (Makhno's Army)
  
Makhnovshchina, MakhnovshchinaIn the fields and in the plains,
Your flags are black in the windA song, a cry on the wind
They are black with our painWas heard throughout Ukraine,
They are red with our bloodThe rising of our partisans.
  
By the mountains and plainsIn the springtime, Lenin's treaties
in the snow and in the windTo the Germans had sold Ukraine.
across the whole UkraineBut the army of Nestor Makhno
our partisans ariseThrew them out with the autumn rain.
  
In the Spring Lenin's treatiesMakhnovtchina, Makhnovtchina
delivered the Ukraine to the GermansYour flags are black in the mud.
In the Fall the MakhnovshchinaThey are black with our sorrow
threw them into the windThey are red with our blood.
  
Denikin's White armyThe white army of Denikin
entered the Ukraine singingMarched into Ukraine with a song,
but soon the MakhnovshchinaBut the army of Nestor Makhno
scattered them in the wind.Threw them out before too long.
  
Makhnovshchina, MakhnovshchinaMakhnovtchina, Makhnovtchina,
black army of our partisansYour flags are black in the mud.
Who battled in the UkraineThey are black with our sorrow
against the Reds and the WhitesThey are red with our blood
  
Makhnovshchina, MakhnovshchinaThough the Guard be Red or White,
black army of our partisansOr wear any uniform at all,
who wanted to drive away all tyrantsThe spirit of Nestor Makhno will be with you
forever from the Ukraine.When you're up against the wall.


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