Alex Glasgow - The socialist abc

^BbWhen that I was and a l^Ebittle, tiny b^Foy, Me da^Ebddy said to ^Fme, ^Bb 'The t^Ebime has come, me bo^Abnny, b^Ebonny bairn, To le^Bbarn your ABC^Eb.'

^BbHe sang, '^EbA is for A^Bblienat^Ebion ^AbThat made me the ^Ebman that I ^Bb7am, and ^EbB's for the Boss who's a Bastard, ^BbA Bourgeois who don't give da^Ebmn. ^EbC is for Capitalism, The bo^Absses' rea^Ebctionary cre^Abed, and ^{Bb Eb}D's for Dictatorship, laddie, ^AbBut the best p^Bbroletarian bre^Ebed. E is fo^Bbr E^Ebxploitation ^EbThat workers have suffered so l^Fong, a^Bb7nd ^EbF is for old Ludwig Feuerbach, ^{Ab Bb}The first one to say it was wr^Ebong. ^EbG is all Gerrymanderers, Like Lord Muck and Sir Whatsisn^F7ame, a^Bb7nd ^EbH is the H^Abell that they'll go to When the wor^Bbkers have kin^Ebdled the fl^Bbame. ^EbI's for Imperialism, ^AbAnd America's kind is the worst, a^Bb7nd ^BbJ is for sweet Jingo^Ebism, ^BbThat the Tories all think of the first. ^EbK is for good old Kier Hardy, Who fo^Abught out the working class fight, a^Bb7nd ^EbL is for Vladimir Lenin, Who sh^Bbowed him the left was all r^Ebight. M is of co^Bburse for Karl M^Ebarx, The d^Abaddy and the mommy of them all, ^Bb7and ^EbN is for Nationalisation - ^BbWithout it we'd tum^Ebble and f^Bball. ^EbO is for Overproduction, That c^Abapitalist econ^Ebomy br^F7ings, a^Bb7nd ^EbP is f^Abor all Private Pro^Ebperty, The gr^Bbeatest of all of the si^Ebns. Q's for the Q^Bbuid pro q^Ebuo, That we'll d^Abeal out so well and so soon, ^Bb7when ^EbR for Revolution is shouted and The R^Bbed Flag becomes the top t^Ebune. S is for S^Bbad Sta^Eblinism That ga^Abve us all such a bad n^Fame, a^Bb7nd ^EbT is for Trotsky, the hero, ^FWho had to take all of the blame. ^BbU's for the Union of Workers - ^EbThe Union will stand to the end, ^Bb7and ^EbV is for Vodka, yes, Vodka, The one drink that wo^Bbnt bring the be^Ebnds. ^EbW's for all Willing Workers, And th^Fat's where the m^Ebemory f^Ebades, ^EbFor X, Y, and Zed,' my dear daddy said, ^Eb'Will be written on the street barric^Bbades.'