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Artist: Robert Wyatt
Canonical path: /robert-wyatt/red-flag
Related lyric paths: 6
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Red Flag
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Red Flag
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It waved above our infant might
When all ahead seemed dark as night
It witnessed many a deed and vow
We must not change its color now
Then raise the scarlet standard high
Within its shade, we'll live and die
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
We'll keep the red flag flying here
It well recalls the triumphs past
It gives the hope of peace at last
The banner bright, the symbol plain
Of human right and human gain
Then raise the scarlet standard high
Within its shade, 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
Then raise the scarlet standard high
Within its shade, we'll live and die
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer
We'll keep the red flag flying here
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