"Everywhere You Go" or "Fuck the Police" is a Yiddish propaganda folk song.[2] It is about the political struggles of socialist, communist and anarchist Jews in Russia and Poland between the late 1800s and early 1900s.[3]
The song was originally a combination of two separate songs—"In Ale Gasn" and "Hey Hey Daloy Politsey"—arranged by Zalmen Mlotek, a conductor and arranger of Yiddish folk and theater music. The first two verses come from "In Ale Gasn", a labor song about the exploitation of Jewish workers which then they strike against. The last two lines of each verse are sung twice. It appears in two collections of Yiddish folk songs: Skuditsky[4] and Beregovski.[3][5]
The rest of the verses come from "Hey Hey Daloy Politsey", which appears in Skuditsky and Lehman.[6] It was probably gathered by Lehman around 1905. The chorus contains the words "Hey Hey Daloy Politsey", which was sung (often shouted and exclaimed) by the crowd. Besides the police, many verses also attack Nicholas II of Russia (who is referred to as "Little Tsar Nikolay" or "Nicky"). It is a working-class song that is generally sung in an anarchist manner. These may be connected to more radical sections of the Labor Bund or to smaller groups of Jewish anarchists.[3]
There are many variants of the song.[3]
Lyrics[]
Yiddish original[]
Hebrew script | Latin script | Cyrillic script | IPA transcription |
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אין אַלע גאַסן וווּ מען גייט |
In ale gasn vu men geyt |
Ин але гасн ву мен гейт |
[ɪn ˈa.lə ˈga.sn̩ vʊ mɛn gɛɪt] |
English version[]
Everywhere you go,
the streets are full of strikes.
Boys and girls, families and friends
are talking better wages.
Enough of backbreaking, brothers,
and still having to borrow.
We're going on strike,
Brothers, let's free ourselves!
Brothers and sisters, let's muster our strength,
Let's crush the rule of little Nikolay!
𝄆 Hey, hey, fuck the police!
Fuck Russia's autocracy! 𝄇
Brothers and sisters, let's forget respect
Let's shorten little Nikolay's years!
𝄆 Hey, hey, fuck the police!
Fuck Russia's autocracy! 𝄇
Yesterday he was draggin' a wagon full of shit,
And now he's become a capitalist!
𝄆 Hey, hey, fuck the police!
Fuck Russia's autocracy! 𝄇
Brothers and sisters, let's do it together,
Let's bury little Nikolay along with his mother!
𝄆 Hey, hey, fuck the police!
Fuck Russia's autocracy! 𝄇
Cossacks and gendarmes, off of your horses!
The Russian Tsar's already dead and gone!
𝄆 Hey, hey, fuck the police!
Fuck Russia's autocracy! 𝄇
Russian version[]
На всех улицах, где ходят люди,
Слышны забастовки.
Дети, семьи, и друзья
Говорят набовки.
Хватит ломать наши спины,
И хватит брать взаймы!
Забастуйте, братья,
И все будем свободны!
Братья и сестры, возьмемся за руки,
И разрушим власть Николайки!
𝄆 Эй, эй, долой полицию!
Долой самодержавие в России! 𝄇
Братья и сестры, забудем об уважении,
И сократим годы Николайки!
𝄆 Эй, эй, долой полицию!
Долой самодержавие в России! 𝄇
Вчера он тащил телегу с говном,
А сегодня он стал капиталистом!
𝄆 Эй, эй, долой полицию!
Долой самодержавие в России! 𝄇
Братья и сестры, давайте вместе,
И похороним Николайку и его маму!
𝄆 Эй, эй, долой полицию!
Долой самодержавие в России! 𝄇
Казаки, жандармы, слезайте с коней!
Русский царь уже мертв и ушел!
𝄆 Эй, эй, долой полицию!
Долой самодержавие в России! 𝄇
Additional verses[]
In some recordings, an English verse (along with the Yiddish verses) is sung:[8][9]
Brothers and sisters,
All gather 'round,
Together we are strong enough
To bring this Tsar down!
In popular culture[]
- Canadian singer-songwriter Geoff Berner created a modified version of this song titled "Daloy Polizei" in his album Victory Party (2011).[10]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ http://sovmusic.ru/text.php?from_sam=1&fname=s15532
- ↑ In ale gasn – Hey, hey, daloy politsey. Jüdisches Museum Berlin.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 In Ale Gasn\ Hey Hey Daloy Politsey Jewish Music Research Centre (May 2020)
- ↑ Kiev, 1933
- ↑ Kiev, 1934
- ↑ Warsaw, 1921
- ↑ אין אַלע גאַס - דאָלוי פּאָליציי. Yidlid.
- ↑ Yiddish anarchist song: "Everywhere you look" / "Hey, hey, down with the police!" kittybecca, raddle.me.
- ↑ FTP in der Gasn from A Little Letter by Brivele. Brivele.bandcamp.com.
- ↑ Daloy Polizei from Victory Party by Geoff Berner. Bandcamp.