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Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! claim your rights with fire and steel! / Rise ye! for the cursed tyrants crush ye with the hiron 'eel! / They would treat ye worse than sl-a-a-ves! they would treat ye worse than / brutes! / Rise and crush the selfish tyrants! ku-r-rush them with your hob-nailed / boots! / Rise ye! rise ye! glorious toilers! / Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! / Erwake! er-rise!
Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! tyrants come across the waves! / Will ye yield the Rights of Labour? will ye? _will_ ye still be / sl-a-a-ves? ! ! ! / Rise ye! rise ye! mighty toilers! and revoke the rotten laws! / Lo! your wives go out a-washing while ye battle for the caws! / Rise ye! rise ye! glorious toilers! / Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! / Erwake! er-rise!