【美国红歌】《没被叫过赤匪就不算革过命》（Ain't Done Nothing if You Ain't Been Called a Red）中英歌词

LYRICS IN THE DESCRIPTION 歌词见视频介绍

Ain’t Done Nothin’ if You Ain’t Been Called a Red, 没被叫过赤匪就不算革过命. Maybe not as popular as “Solidarity Forever” or “The Red Flag”, but this one is still a glorious left-wing anthem of the Western world. American socialist and/or communist music has long been a very interesting and very overlooked topic. And maybe both of these traits can be attributed to its…peculiarity? We’ve seen the Soviet-style hundred-man chorus and the GDR German opera, but communist country folk song? Probably not so much. But in the end it’s still glorious, glorious in its own all-American way.

The American folk music revival during the early half of the 20th century was infused with a very strong sense of left-wing rebel sentiment—it was basically the 1940s version of rock ’n’ roll, but other than hippies you also had unionists, socialists, social democrats, communists and anarchists and all their crazy stuff. Just like how democratic sentiment was being suppressed in the USSR, left-wing culture was also hit hard by the U.S. government. The American public, on the other hand, was also deeply ensconced in a society of classical capitalism, consumerism and racism, and was tepid (to say the least) to far-left ideologies. The Red Scare round one and two, the House Un-American Activities Committee, McCarthyism…the list goes. Bascially the American socialists had it bad, and when hundreds of your members were being deported by Palmer and your entire organization forced to go underground, it was kind of hard to set up an Alexandrov-style ensemble. So it was only natural that the Americans turned to the most humble and anonymous form of music—folk music, the people’s music. With prominent figures like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, casual themes and lyrics in familiar vernacular and catchy tunes easy for everyone to pick up and further-improvise, the American folk song may be a peculiar but still proud member of the international left-wing music family.

And yes this audio is from Rebel Voices: Songs of the Industrial Workers of the World. I tried REALLY hard to find some other versions but there simply isn't anything good, in the end it's not a famous song, which is a shame 'cause I personally think it's really good.

THIS VIDEO IS SOLELY DEDICATED TO THE ARTISTIC STUDY AND SHARING OF MUSIC
INTENTIONALLY HOSTILE POLITICAL BS IS NOT WELCOMED
视频仅供对音乐艺术方面的学习分享
不欢迎任何以引战为目的的政治言论

LYRICS
(I don't think I need English lyrics for this one)

当我还是个小不点我最爱去游行
横幅标语红气球还有那柠檬汁
从五一游行回到家 邻居的父亲问
那些人都是共产党 孩子你是赤匪嘛？

我不懂他在说什么 那时我是棕头发
我们家是红砖头 和其他人一样
我跑去问我妈妈为什么我被叫赤匪
妈咪把我抱起来然后这么说

她说你没被叫过赤匪就不算革过命
你要想游行或者去抗议 被人骂这那肯定
你要么学会不去理它 要么就爱上这个名
因为你没被叫过赤匪那就不算革过命

当我慢慢长大后也算是受了苦
有人专门欺压我 只因为长相和衣服
或者在工作上骗我 没事就打我头
当我组织起来反抗 混账就说我是赤匪

可是你没被叫过赤匪就不算革过命
你要想游行或者去抗议 被人骂这那肯定
你要么学会不去理它 要么就爱上这个名
因为你没被叫过赤匪那就不算革过命

等我开始自己一个人曾经住过个公寓
那个卑鄙差劲的房东 我说他可真是坏
不过当他踢我出去时我搓了搓手说
你没跟赤匪斗过就不知道什么叫血战

而且你没被叫过赤匪就不算革过命
你要想游行或者去抗议 被人骂这那肯定
你要么学会不去理它 要么就爱上这个名
因为你没被叫过赤匪那就不算革过命

那我就干脆接着抗议 你还能做什么？
你要是不去反抗就被那些狗娘养的操
朋友问我跟共党混难道不怕被开除
才没那么幸运呢伙计我早就失业了

而且你没被叫过赤匪就不算革过命
你要想游行或者去抗议 被人骂这那肯定
你要么学会不去理它 要么就爱上这个名
因为你没被叫过赤匪那就不算革过命

那我到现在抗议了也有五十多来年
为了人民就业和平等而且永远反战争
只要我还活着那就会一直去抗议
如果这就是赤匪那我完全不介意

因为你没被叫过赤匪就不算革过命
你要想游行或者去抗议 被人骂这那肯定
你要么学会不去理它 要么就爱上这个名
因为你没被叫过赤匪那就不算革过命