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March From Tingchow To Changsha

Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung

MARCH FROM TINGCHOW TO CHANGSHA

--to the tune of Tieh Lien Hua

July 1930

In June Heaven's armies chastise the corrupt and evil,
Seeking to bind roc and whale with a league-long cord.
Red glows the far side of the Kan,
Thanks to our wing under Huang Kung-lueh.
A million workers and peasants rise up,
Sweeping Kiangsi straight towards Hunan and Hupeh.
To the Internationale's stirring strains
A wild whirlwind swoops from the sky.

Poems | Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung

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