Poems and Songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. A Song about the Anti-Semites.
A Song about the Anti-Semites.Adapted from Stas and Margaret Porokhnya and
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To go on the highway, |
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Therefore I’ve decided |
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Though under the law, |
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They’ve gotten the support |
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Though under the law, |
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They’ve gotten the support |
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As there’s a decision, |
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But who’re those Semites? |
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They’re, perhaps, individuals |
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To strike at such people, |
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They’re, perhaps, individuals |
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To strike at such people, |
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But my crony quickly |
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He said those people |
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I’m happy, my bros, |
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I worry no more, |
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I’m happy, my bros, |
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I worry no more, |
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Initially, I held back |
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Through Albert Einstein, who |
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You’ll, maybe, forgive me, |
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Of Abraham Lincoln: |
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You’ll, maybe, forgive me, |
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Of Abraham Lincoln: |
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There’s ’mongst them, respecting |
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And also my favor- |
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Baruch de Spinoza, |
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And even the orig- |
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Baruch de Spinoza, |
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And even the orig- |
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But my crony, after |
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Said they suck the blood of |
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And once in a pub, |
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That in the old time, |
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And once in a pub, |
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That in the old time, |
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They always need blood, |
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Last month in the park, |
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And I know these dogs’ sons |
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In order to cause dis- |
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And I know these dogs’ sons |
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In order to cause dis- |
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They grab what they want to, |
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They’ve built grand abodes |
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I’m ready for pound- |
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And I kick these kikes, and |
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I’m ready for pound- |
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And I kick these kikes, and |
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1964.