Wake up

How long, oh, how long will you suffer in bondage

In slavery still to remain?

How long will you toil to create all the riches

For those who reward you with pain?

How long, oh, how long, will you carry the yoke

Of oppression and sorrow and fear?

Awaken! And see the new day that is dawning

A free song is ringing mighty clear!

Ring out, bells of freedom! Let’s gather together

The suffering slaves in all lands

At strife

Hated are we, and driven from our homes,
Tortured and persecuted, even to blood;
And wherefore? 'Tis because we love the poor,
The masses of mankind, who starve for food.

We are shot down, and on the gallows hanged,
Robbed of our lives and freedom without ruth,
Because for the enslaved and for the poor
We are demanding liberty and truth.