GPU



When I was a lad in nineteen six

I joined a band of Bolsheviks

I read the Manifesto and the Kapital

And I even learned to sing the Internationale



I sang that song in a voice so true

That now I'm in the prisons of the GPU

.



When Lenin's boys insurrection made

I found myself on a barricade

At Kerensky's troops I aimed my gun

And I never stopped shooting 'till the Reds had won.



I shot that gun with an aim so true etc.





When NEP was started and Lenin died

I found myself on Trotsky's side

Well, all went well 'till twenty-eight

And then I was forced to capitulate.



Well, my capitulation had a ring so true, etc.





Now, since that time I've had no peace

My steps have been dogged by the Secret Police.

I denounced the traitors, time and again

I denounced the traitors with tongue and pen.



And my denunciations had a ring so true, etc.





Now revisionists all, wherever you may be

If you want to be a success, like me ---

Confess to terrorism and espionage

To Counterrevolution and sabotage.



Adhere to the line of Lenin, too

And you'll wind up in the prisons of the GPU.







from Glazer Ballads for Sectarians

@Russia @rebel

tune of Gilbert and Sullivan "When I was a Lad"

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