Stornelli Legionari
"Stornelli Legionari", also known as Vogliamo scolpire una lapide (transl. We want to carve a tombstone), is a pro-fascist, anti-monarchy and anti-armistice song of the Italian Social Republic.[1]
The song uses the melody of the Inno a Oberdan (which celebrates Guglielmo Oberdan, the Italian irredentist who attempted to assassinate the Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph in 1882) and explicitly calls for death to the King and Pietro Badoglio.[2]
Lyrics
| Original | Translation |
|---|---|
Vogliamo scolpire una lapide We want to carve a tombstone, Engraved on a humble rock, Death to Marquis Badoglio, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani Long live the Republican Fascio! We want to carve a tombstone Engraved on slut skin, Death to the house of Savoy We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! We want to carve a tombstone, Engraved with birds' beaks: Death to Pope Pacelli, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! We want to carve a tombstone, Engraved on all the gardens: We are Mussolini's squadristi, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! We want to carve a tombstone, Engraved with our dagger: Long live the Social Republic, We are Republican Fascists! Death to Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, Long live Hitler and Mussolini! Fire, fire on bandits and rebels, Dynamite the synagogues and churches, Stab the cowardly bourgeois, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! We are bloodthirsty beasts, We will hang bandits and rebels, We will burn their houses, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! With the guts of the last Jew We will hang Badoglio and the king; With the beards of their rabbis We will make brooms for the street cleaners. Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! Death to the House of Savoy, Stained with mud and blood, Death to those sons of bitches, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! We want to carve a tombstone, Engraved on Garibaldi stone: Death to the queen cow, We are Republican Fascists! Death to Umberto, the little prince, Long live Il Duce Mussolini! We want to carve a tombstone, Engraved with the bayonet: Death to Vittorio "Sciaboletta", We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! In the name of the Fascio Littorio, We defend the honour of Italy, Death to the traitorous king, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! Honour to those who fall on the way, Example for those who stay to fight, Strong we accept fate, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! We carry Italy in our hearts, We have machine guns in our hands, Death to the rebel and the invader, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! We want to carve a tombstone, Engraved on rock stone, With blood, drop by drop, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio! We want to carve a tombstone, Engraved on marble slabs: Italy takes up arms again, We are Republican Fascists! Death to the king, long live Graziani, Long live the Republican Fascio!</poem> |
See also
- Giovinezza, the anthem of the National Fascist Party of Italy
- Bella Ciao, widely considered the anthem of the Italian Partisans, and still a popular anti-fascist song
- Horst Wessel Lied, the anthem of the National Socialist Party, written in 1929 and adopted in 1930
- March of Ukrainian Nationalists, the anthem of the OUN, written in 1929, adopted in 1932 and adapted for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2017.
- Njet Molotoff, a Finnish song from the Winter War which mocks Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Qadam Qadam Badhaye Ja, marching song of the Azad Hind Fauj—still in use today by the modern Indian Armed Forces
References
- ^ Pivato; Stefano (1 January 2015), Gius.Laterza & Figli Spa (ed.), Bella ciao: Canto e politica nella storia d'Italia (in Italian), Gius.Laterza & Figli Spa, ISBN 978-88-581-1864-1
- ^ Il 24 maggio i clericalismi odiosi e paralleli i dioscuei e il mio avo che combatte
- ^ Inni e canti della Repubblica Sociale Italiana - Vogliamo scolpire una lapide