Whirlwinds of Danger

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Whirlwinds of Danger (1920s)
by Wacław Święcicki, translated by Douglas Robson

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Whirlwinds of Danger (original Polish title: Warszawianka) is a Polish socialist revolutionary song written sometime between 1879 and 1883. The Polish title, a deliberate reference to the earlier song by the same title, could be translated as either "The Song of Warsaw" or "the lady of Warsaw". To distinguish between the two, it is often called "Warszawianka 1905 roku" ("Warszawianka of 1905"), after the song became the anthem of worker protests during the Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–1907).

The lyrics were written by Wacław Święcicki, while the music was composed by Józef Pławiński. The English version was translated by Douglas Robson in the 1920s for the Industrial Workers of the World.Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Whirlwinds of danger are raging around us,
Overwhelming forces of darkness assail,
Still in the fight see advancing before us,
A red flag of liberty that yet shall prevail.

Then forward ye workers, freedom awaits you,
O'er all the world on the land and the sea.
On with the fight for the cause of humanity.
March, march ye toilers, and the world shall be free.

Women and children in hunger are calling,
Shall we be silent to their sorrow and woe?
While in the fight see our brothers falling,
Up then united and conquer the foe!

Then forward ye workers, freedom awaits you,
O'er all the world on the land and the sea.
On with the fight for the cause of humanity.
March, march ye toilers, and the world shall be free.

Off with the crown of the tyrants of favor!
Down in the dust with the prince and the peer!
Strike off your chains, all ye brave sons of labor!
Wake all humanity, for victory is near.

Then forward ye workers, freedom awaits you,
O'er all the world on the land and the sea.
On with the fight for the cause of humanity.
March, march ye toilers, and the world shall be free.

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