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Old 22nd Aug 2003, 00:32
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steamchicken
 
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The Red Flag wasn't the Soviet national anthem nor anyone else's - the tune is a German carol (O Tannenbaum, or Oh Christmas Tree in English) and the words (though cowards flinch and traitors sneer..) were written by an Irishman, I think.
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