Music: Pottier/Degeyter
Arise ye pris'ners 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.
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in place
The International working class
shall free the human race.
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in place
The International working class
shall free the human race.
We want no condescending saviors
to rule us from their judgement hall
We workers ask not for their favors
Let us consult for all.
To make the theif disgorge his booty
To free the spirit from its cell
We must ourselves decide our duty
We must decide and do it well.
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in place
The International working class
shall free the human race.
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in place
The International working class
shall free the human race.