On l'a tuée à coups de chassepot A coups de mitrailleuse, E… - Eugène Pottier

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On l'a tuée à coups de chassepot
A coups de mitrailleuse,
Et roulée avec son drapeau
Dans la terre argileuse.
Et la tourbe des bourreaux gras
Se croyait la plus forte.
Tout ça n'empêche pas, Nicolas
Qu'la Commune n'est pas morte.

Eugène Pottier

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About Eugène Pottier

(French: [pɔtje]; 4 October 1816 – 6 November 1887) was a French revolutionary, anarchist, poet, freemason and transport worker. Pottier was elected a member of the Paris municipal council - the , in March 1871. Following the Commune's defeat, in June 1871 he wrote the poem L'Internationale, which became the anthem during its last years (1871–1876), and has been used by most socialist and leftist s since.

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Alternative Names: Eugène Edine Pottier • Eugene Pottier • Eugene Edine Pottier

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This is the final struggle
Let us group together, and tomorrow
The Internationale
Will be the human race

They killed her with their chassepot,
With their machine guns,
And rolled her with its flag
In the clay.
And the mud of the fat hangmen
thought they had prevailed.
And with all that, Nicolas,
The Commune is not dead.

C'est la lutte finale
Groupons-nous, et demain L'Internationale
Sera le genre humain

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