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| THEY drive me out of my country, | |
| They thrust me out of my land, | |
| They call me an alien—I | |
| Who had fought in the foreign band. | |
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| On the ice of the Amur River, | 5 |
| I and the starving few, | |
| And my country paid me with curses | |
| And called me an alien Jew. | |
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| They worship the Jew in the churches, | |
| They murder the Jew in the street; | 10 |
| He taught them to love and to pity, | |
| His kindred, they murder and beat. | |
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| His name they honor and glory, | |
| His teachings they rarely do; | |
| He cometh! The Russian will mock Him— | 15 |
| He, too, was an alien Jew. | |
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| How long! Oh, how long! is the wailing | |
| Till Russia is judged at Thy bar— | |
| With Egypt and Spain and with Asshur | |
| Till Russia shall stand where they are? | 20 |
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| See, the finger of God is writing, | |
| Blasting the murdering crew; | |
| See, the Pole and the Finn and the Cossack | |
| And the God of the alien Jew. | |
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| They drive me out of my country, | 25 |
| To a foreign land I go; | |
| They trained me to be a soldier, | |
| They teach me to be their foe. | |
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| Their training will go with their teaching— | |
| This tongue of mine speaks true; | 30 |
| When the foes are crowding upon her | |
| They’ll be led by the alien Jew. | |
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