Rise Ye! Rise Ye!
Rise Ye! rise ye! noble toilers! claim your rights with fire and steel! Rise ye! for the cursed tyrants crush ye with the hiron eel! They would treat ye worse than sl-a-a-ves! they would treat ye worse than brutes! Rise and crush the selfish tyrants! ku-r-rush them with your hob-nailed boots! Rise ye rise ye glorious toilers Rise ye rise ye noble toilers! Erwake! er-rise! Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! tyrants come across the waves! Will ye yield the Rights of Labour? will ye? will ye still be sl-a-a-ves? Rise ye! rise ye! mighty toilers! and revoke the rotten laws! Lo! your wives go out a-washing while ye battle for the caws! Rise ye! rise ye glorious toilers! Rise ye! rise ye noble toilers! Erwake! er-rise! Our gerlorious dawn is breaking! Lo! the tyrant trembles now! He will sta-a-rve us here no longer! toilers will not bend or bow! Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! rise! behold, revenge is near; See the leaders of the people! come an ave a pint o beer! Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! Rise ye! rise ye! glorious toilers! Erwake! er-rise! Lo! the poor are starved, my brothers! lo! our wives and children weep! Lo! our women toil to keep us while the toilers are asleep! Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! rise and break the tyrants chain! March ye! march ye! mighty toilers! even to the battle plain! Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! Rise ye! rise ye! noble toilers! Erwake! er-r-rise!
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"Rise Ye! rise ye! noble toilers! claim your rights with fire and steel!..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Henry Lawson delivers a powerful performance in "Rise Ye! Rise Ye!"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...