Varshavyanka (Варшавянка) in English

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A lesser-known Paul Robeson performance of a well-known revolutionary song. It was originally a Polish revolutionary song, but became famous for its use during the Russian Revolution. It became a classic in the USSR, and was translated into Spanish and became the march of the CNT-FAI during the Spanish Civil War. Afterwards, a German version was used as a march of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.

As of this writing, versions have been written in

-Polish
-Russian
-English
-Spanish
-Finnish
-German
-Greek

Category:

Music

Tags:

• varshavyanka
• varshavianka
• Варшавянка
• Warszawianka
• Paul
• Robeson
• 1905
• roku

[Frodo2433]

How did you manage to find this? And is there anything of him singing The Internationale?

[commissarusa]

@Frodo2433

It wasn't easy. I was looking for recordings of English versions of leftist songs on google. I was only coming up with the usual. Paul Robeson singing the Soviet National Anthem and Billy Bragg's version of The Internationale. Then I searched "Английский" in Sovmusic and I found a lot of lesser-known stuff that way.

[pulsatingremedy]

Your video starts out with a nazi propaganda poster. :(

[commissarusa]

@pulsatingremedy

It makes sense given the first two lines.

[amontilladoxd]

For the international social revolution, down with capitalism, landlordism, hierarchy and the state!

[LuluPolska1]

Please understand that this is primarily a Polish patriotic song.

Warsaw is one of the great hero cities of the world

and it actually has not one but two city anthems:-

Warszawianka 1831 and Warszawianka 1905.

It is an expression of the spirit of Polonia Dominat et Omnia Vincit

(Poland prevails and overcomes all)

which seems to be genetically embedded into every Pole.

These songs were sung in response to imperialist foreign oppression

and are not intrinsically ideological in nature.

[MaoistLeninistMarx]

@raVKanX I mean Polish not German 

[MaoistLeninistMarx]

@raVKanX  because this song was adopted by Communist east Germany and the second half is sung in German. Many Russian Songs were adopted by Germany Korea China and other Socialist nations

[raVKanX]

@MaoistLeninistMarx Soviet?? then why there is Warszawa at the end? idiot

[MaoistLeninistMarx]

Great Soviet song

[PolsheVik]

@commissarusa

the song was made by Polish worker, in occupied Poland of 1905. The oppressors back then was not Nazi Germany but capitalist Germany, Austria Hungary, and Tsarist Russia(but also capitalism in general)

[Frodo2433]

@McCuPCaKeMaN90 Oh no, I know there is English versions of the song but I was wondering if Paul Robeson had ever sang it.

[McCuPCaKeMaN90]

@Frodo2433 Found an english version of The Internationale /watch?v=R9nmgbXhQU4&feature=f­eedu

Enjoy Comrade.

From the USSA

[MarkBernes]

@karolbeatbox No pewno, że jest :D