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the ballad of stalin - ewan maccoll lyrics

joe stalin was a mighty man, a mighty man was he
he led the soviet people on the road to victory
all through the revolution he fought at lenin’s side
and they made a combination till the day that lenin died

he said, “come all you people, we will work with brain and hand.”
and then one day the n*z*s came into the soviet land
they plundered to the volga, to stalingrad, and then
joe stalin said, come on, me boys!” and he kicked them out again

joe stalin was a southerner, in georgia he was born
where the oranges grow thick and fast and fields of waving corn;
and joe he was a farmer, his fingers they were green
and he has planted the biggest crop the world has ever seen

one day he looked upon his map and frowned and shook his head
“there’s too much brown and not enough green,” these are the words he said;
“we’ll have to change the weather, boys,” he said and then he smiled
“so let’s begin by planting trees along three thousand miles.”

joe stalin rolled his sleeves up and he said, “come on, let’s start!
the volga river and the don they are too far apart
i think we’d better join them, so come and help me, pal
and we’ll build a mighty waterway, the volga*don c*n*l.”

one day he went into the north and there saw rivers three
all emptying their waters into the polar sea;
“now that’s not right,” joe stalin said, “these rivers they are ours
we’ll turn ’em ’round and make ’em work to give electric power.”
there was a range of mountains that was standing in the way
so stalin put his hand out and he smoothed them all away;
for joe he was determined to make the land all green
and that’s the biggest project that the world has ever seen

joe stalin was a mighty man and he made a mighty plan;
he harnessed nature to the plough to work for the good of man;
he’s hammered out the future, the forgeman he has been
and he’s made the workers’ state the best the world has ever seen

- ewan maccoll lyrics

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