Hammer Stirrup & Anvil

Our Glorious Leader

Declares by decree:

'The music of the Glorious State from this time on will be

Square-jawed and dreary

For the good of us all.'

Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control

My name is Dimitri

Man of some renown

In this symphony of spies I keep my ear to the ground

Stave, crochet and quaver

Under the editor's scrawl

Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control

An operetta for our leader

A quartet for the drawer

He gets the rank cantatas

And I keep the score

A libretto for the death camps

Some day you'll hear them all

Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control

Hammer, stirrup and anvil under state control