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"The Red Flag" is a song associated with left-wing politics, in particular with socialism. It is the semi-official anthem of the British Labour Party, and the official anthem of the Northern Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party and Irish Labour Party. The song is traditionally sung at the close of each party's national conference. == History == Irishman Jim Connell wrote the song's lyrics in 1889 in Nicholas Donovan's house.〔It first appeared in print in the paper ''Justice'', 21 December 1889, under the heading "A Christmas Carol", with subheadings, "The Red Flag", "Air – ‘The White Cockade'", and was signed "J. Connell".〕 There are six stanzas, each followed by the chorus. It is normally sung to the tune of "Lauriger Horatius", better known as the German carol "O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree"), though Connell had wanted it sung to the tune of a pro-Jacobite Robert Burns anthem, "The White Cockade".〔Jim Connell, "How I Wrote the "Red Flag," ''The Call'', May 6, 1920, p. 5; reprinted in Archie Green, David Roediger, Franklin Rosemont, and Salvatore Salerno, editors, ''The Big Red Songbook'' (Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 2007), pp. 367–369.〕 The lyrics of the first verse and the chorus, which are the most well-known parts of the song, are as follows: : ''The people's flag is deepest red,'' : ''It shrouded oft our martyred dead'' : ''And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold,'' : ''Their hearts' blood dyed its every fold.'' : ''So raise the scarlet standard high,'' : ''Beneath its shade we'll live and die,'' : ''Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,'' : ''We'll keep the red flag flying here.'' "The Red Flag" resonated with the early radical workers’ movement in the United States, and it appeared as the first song in the first edition of the ''Little Red Songbook'' of the Industrial Workers of the World in 1909. Only five of the six stanzas were printed, omitting the fourth stanza that begins, "It well recalls the triumphs past."〔Archie Green ''et al''., eds., ''The Big Red Songbook'', pp. 37–39.〕 "The Red Flag" has been the British Labour Party's official anthem from its founding; its annual party conference closes with the song. "The Red Flag" was first sung in the House of Commons on 1 August 1945, when Parliament convened after Clement Attlee's Labour defeat of Winston Churchill’s Conservatives.〔Joe Glazer, ''Labor’s Troubadour'' (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2001). p. 183.〕 It was sung by Labour MPs on 27 May 1976, allegedly prompting Michael Heseltine to swing the mace above his head. It was also sung on the evening of 28 March 1979 when a motion of no confidence brought down the Labour Government. It was sung again in Parliament in February 2006 to mark the centenary of the Labour Party’s founding. During the Tony Blair years the leadership sought to downplay its role.〔 However, it is often sung at the end of party conferences alongside ''Jerusalem'', and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn sung the song at his victory party. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Red Flag」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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