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von Ernst Busch

Leftist March
Lyrics: Vladimir Mayakovsky; Hanns Eisler

Unroll your march, lads off board!
No more quarreling and hesitation.
Silence, you speakers!
You
Have the floor
Speak, Comrade Mauser!
Break the law from Adam's times.
History, catch up ...
Want to ride the flayer to disgrace.
Left!
Left!
Left!


Bluejackets, hey!
When will you attack?
Do you fear ocean storms?!
Did the armored turrets get rusty?
For your boats in the harbor?
Let
The British lion roar --
Toothless flaring Sphinx.
No one forces the commune to will.
Left!
Left!
Left!

There
Behind dark mountains
Lies the land of the sun.
Through misery
And suffering
Stamp your step a million times!
The hired gang threatens
With steel surf all around,
Russia defies the Entente
Left!
Left!
Left!


Eagle's eye should miss?!
The old should blind us?
Firmly
To the world's throat,
With proletarian hands.
How boldly you rush into battle!
Heaven, be flag-filled!
Hey, who's stepping out there on the right?
Left!
Left!
Left!

Lyrics: Vladimir Mayakovsky
German: Hugo Huppert
Music: Hanns Eisler