Context:
One of the first ACAB songs! It is a mixture of two songs in Yiddish: „In Ale Gasn“ is a revolutionary song from the Bund, a workers‘ revolutionary movement at the end of the XIX century and „Hey Hey, Daloy Politsey“ is a song of the Russian revolution of 1905 against the Tsar Nicholas II and his police.
Original
In ale gasn vu men geyt
Hert men zabostovkes.
Yinglekh, meydlekh, kind un keyt
Shmuesn fun pribovkes.
Genug shoyn brider horeven,
Genug shoyn borgn layen,
Makht a zabostovke,
Lomir brider zikh bafrayen!
Brider un shvester, lumir zikh gehn di hent,
Lomir Nikolaykelen tsebrekhn di vent!
Hey, hey, daloy politsey!
Daloy samederzhavyets v’rasey!
Brider un shvester, lomir zikh nit irtsn,
Lomir Nikolaykelen di yorelekh farkirtsn!
Hey, hey, daloy politsey!
Daloy samederzhavyets v’rasey!
Nekhtn hot er gefi rt a vegele mit mist,
Haynt is er gevorn a kapitalist!
Hey, hey, daloy politsey!
Daloy samederzhavyets v’rasey!
Brider un shvester, lomir geyn tsuzamen,
Lomir Nikolaykelen bagrobn mit der mamen!
Hey, hey, daloy politsey!
Daloy samederzhavyets v’rasey!
Kozakn, zhandarrnen, arop fun di ferd!
Der rusisher keyser ligt shoyn in dr’erd!
Hey, hey, daloy politsey!
Daloy samederzhavyets v’rasey!
English translation
In all the streets we go
We hear about strikes.
The guys, the girls, and the whole family
All they talk about is strikes.
Brothers, enough pain
Enough borrowing
Let’s go on strike
Brothers, let’s get free!
Brothers and sisters, let’s join hands
Let’s break down the walls of Little Nicholas Hey, hey, down with the police
Down with the ruling class of Russia
Brothers and sisters, let’s stop being so formal
Let’s shorten the days of little Nicholas
Hey, hey, down with the police
Down with the ruling class of Russia
Yesterday he was pushing a dung wagon
Today he’s a capitalist
Hey, hey, down with the police
Down with the ruling class of Russia
Brothers and sisters, let’s get together
And bury little Nicholas with his mother
Hey, hey, down with the police
Down with the ruling class of Russia
Cossacks, gendarmes, get off your horses
The Russian kaiser is dead and buried
Hey, hey, down with the police
Down with the Russian ruling class