[Verse 1]
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Comrades, the bugles are sounding!
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Shoulder your arms for the fray!
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Boldly we'll fight for our freedom,
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Bravely we'll hew out the way!
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Boldly we'll fight for our freedom,
F#m B7 E
Bravely we'll hew out the way!
[Verse 2]
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Born in the ranks of the workers,
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Whose scanty wage must suffice.
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Brotherhood! Unity! Freedom!
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This is our fighting device.
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Brotherhood! Unity! Freedom!
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This is our fighting device.
[Verse 3]
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Hunger and chains were our portion,
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Feeding like beggars on crumbs;
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Now light is piercing the darkness,
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A dawn of deliverance comes.
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Now light is piercing the darkness,
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A dawn of deliverance comes.
[Verse 4]
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Singing, we hasten to battle
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Speed, let us speed to the fight.
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Soldiers of freedom, we fear not
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Kings and their shadowy might!
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Soldiers of freedom, we fear not
F#m B7 E
Kings and their shadowy might!
[Verse 5]
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Firm in our faith, we shall conquer!
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Slavery's yoke we shall break!
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Welcoming death, even, gaily,
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Fighting for liberty's sake!
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Welcoming death, even, gaily,
F#m B7 E
Fighting for liberty's sake!
[Verse 6]
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Comrades, the bugles are sounding!
A B7 E
Shoulder your arms for the fray!
A E
Boldly we'll fight for our freedom,
F#m B7 E
Bravely we'll hew out the way!
A E
Boldly we'll fight for our freedom,
F#m B7 E
Bravely we'll hew out the way!