The Red Flag Songtext
von Daniel Hedberg

The workers′ flag is deepest red
It shrouded oft our martyred dead
And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold
Their lifeblood dyed its every fold
Then raise the scarlet standard high
Beneath its folds we'll 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 are sung
Chicago swells the surging throng
Then raise the scarlet standard high
Beneath its folds we'll 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 will not change its colour now


Then raise the scarlet standard high
Beneath its folds we′ll live and die
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
We'll keep the red flag flying here
It suits today the meek and base
Whose minds are fixed on pelf and place
To cringe beneath the rich man′s frown
And haul that sacred emblem down
So raise the scarlet standard high
Beneath its folds we'll live and die
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
We′ll keep the red flag flying here
With heads uncovered swear we all
To bear it onward till we fall
Come dungeons dark or gallows grim
This song shall be our parting hymn
So raise the scarlet standard high
Beneath its folds we'll live and die
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
We′ll keep the red flag flying here
So raise the scarlet standard high
Beneath its folds we'll live and die
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
We'll keep the red flag flying here