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The Red Flag

Jim Connell
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OriginaleTesto finlandese
THE RED FLAG


The people's flag is deepest red,
It shrouded oft our martyred dead,
And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold,
Their hearts' blood dyed its every fold.

Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Within its shade we live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

Look round, the Frenchman loves its blaze,
The sturdy German chants its praise,
In Moscow's vaults its hymns were sung
Chicago swells the surging throng.

Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Within its shade we live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

It waved above our infant might,
When all ahead seemed dark as night;
It witnessed many a deed and vow,
We must not change its colour now.

Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Within its shade we live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

It well recalls the triumphs past,
It gives the hope of peace at last;
The banner bright, the symbol plain,
Of human right and human gain.

Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Within its shade we live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

It suits today the weak and base,
Whose minds are fixed on pelf and place
To cringe before the rich man's frown,
And haul the sacred emblem down.

Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Within its shade we live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.

With head uncovered swear we all
To bear it onward till we fall;
Come dungeons dark or gallows grim,
This song shall be our parting hymn.

Then raise the scarlet standard high.
Within its shade we live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the red flag flying here.
PUNALIPPU

On kansan lippu punainen,
se verhos' ruumiit marttyyrein,
mi verellään sen punasi
ja taistoss' henkens' uhrasi.

Nyt lippu tää jo nostakaa
sen varjoss' elää, kuolla saa
Ei petost' siedä se suojassaan,
eest' oikeuden se hulmuaa.

Sen punaa Ranska rakastaa
ja laulaa Saksa sen kunniaa.
Sen hymnit holveiss' Moskovan
ja Chicagoss' kuulet kaikuvan.

Jo hulmusit kun alkoi työ
ja voiton toivon verhos' yö.
Sä urotöistä todistit
ja sillä väris' pyhitit.

Sä voitostamme muistutat
ja rauhan toivon julistat.
Sä merkki ylväs, puhtoinen
oot jalompien aatteiden.

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