[Verse 1]
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Come listen young comrades, a hist'ry we'll tell
Em G C G
Of the glorious struggle to build CPC (ML)
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Oh it is the story of how a class continues
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To fight battle after battle to smash the old and build the new
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D C G
And we won another battle, see the enemy fall
D C G
But don't it seem paltry and don't it seem small
G C D
Still the enemy besets us and blocks our advance
Em G C G
But the times cry out, "Here's the rose, now dance!"
[Verse 2]
G C D
In the early 60's against increasing exploitation
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The people rose up to change the situation
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Despite revisionist betrayal of this massive upsurge
Em G C G
A new quality in small quantity from the movement emerged.
[Chorus]
D C G
And we won another battle, see the enemy fall
D C G
But don't it seem paltry and don't it seem small
G C D
Still the enemy besets us and blocks our advance
Em G C G
But the times cry out, "Here's the rose, now dance!"
[Verse 3]
G C D
They said "Don't turn off the people by making a scene,
Em G C G
Or you'll isolate the left from the mainstream."
G C D
But we boldly shouted, "Down with imperialism,
Em G C G
Down with the lackeysm, down with revisionism!"
[Chorus]
D C G
And we won another battle, see the enemy fall
D C G
But don't it seem paltry and don't it seem small
G C D
Still the enemy besets us and blocks our advance
Em G C G
But the times cry out, "Here's the rose, now dance!"
[Verse 4]
G C D
There were still lots of questions, but we never shied
Em G C G
For we had Marxism-Leninism, an invincible guide
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The trend of unity of Marxist-Leninists irresistably spread
Em G C G
And defending Marxism we marched ahead.
[Chorus]
D C G
And we won another battle, see the enemy fall
D C G
But don't it seem paltry and don't it seem small
G C D
Still the enemy besets us and blocks our advance
Em G C G
But the times cry out, "Here's the rose, now dance!"
[Verse 5]
G C D
Liberal leaders housed Marxists in petit-bourgeois plans
Em G C G
They all did their best to upset our plans
G C D
But they could not stop us, nor could the state attacks
Em G C G
Nor the jailing of comrades who dared to fight back.
[Chorus]
D C G
And we won another battle, see the enemy fall
D C G
But don't it seem paltry and don't it seem small
G C D
Still the enemy besets us and blocks our advance
Em G C G
But the times cry out, "Here's the rose, now dance!"
[Verse 6]
G C D
Driven into a frenzy, the state sent agent provocateurs
Em G C G
Into our ranks thinking to stop us for sure
G C D
But their hope for easy vic'try was just a pipe dream
Em G C G
As we smashed the opportunists and exposed their schemes.
[Chorus]
D C G
And we won another battle, see the enemy fall
D C G
But don't it seem paltry and don't it seem small
G C D
Still the enemy besets us and blocks our advance
Em G C G
But the times cry out, "Here's the rose, now dance!"
[Verse 7]
G C D
The so-called Marxist-Leninists demanded dogma that's pure
Em G C G
But all they could show us was a gross caricature
G C D
"Safeguard our independence," the opportunists did say,
Em G C G
But the working class sent it back, "Make the rich pay!"
[Chorus]
D C G
And we won another battle, see the enemy fall
D C G
But don't it seem paltry and don't it seem small
G C D
Still the enemy besets us and blocks our advance
Em G C G
But the times cry out, "Here's the rose, now dance!"
[Verse 8]
G C D
They unfurled their yellow banner called 'Mao Tse-Tung Thought',
Em G C G
And we firmly shouted that we had begot
G C D
Whenever loyal to Marxism we stood our ground
Em G C G
The three plenum of our Party brought Mao Tse-Tung Thought down.
[Chorus]
D C G
And we won another battle, see the enemy fall
D C G
But don't it seem paltry and don't it seem small
G C D
Still the enemy besets us and blocks our advance
Em G C G
But the times cry out, "Here's the rose, now dance!"
[Verse 9]
G C D
The road has been long but we've learned from our class
Em G C G
The proletarian revolution is a practical task
G C D
Here is our banner, and here is our task:
Em G C G
Defend the Marxist-Leninist Party as the vanguard of the class!
[Chorus]
D C G
And we won another battle, see the enemy fall
D C G
But don't it seem paltry and don't it seem small
G C D
Still the enemy besets us and blocks our advance
Em G C G
But the times cry out, "Here's the rose, now dance!"
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