In fact, in 1893, when Engels addressed the Later by Pierre Degeyter, but did not immediately become the hymn of the Published in hisġ887 collection “Chants Révolutionnaires,” it was set to music a year Hiding from the authorities, soon to be condemned to death inĪbsentia, he wrote it while waiting to flee to London. “Internationale” just weeks after the crushing of the Paris Commune, in Translator’s note: Eugène Pottier wrote the Source: Eugène Pottier, Chants Révolutionnaires. "No rights", says she "without their duties, Kerr translation from the original, for The IWW Songbook (34th Edition). Our own right hand the chains must shiverĮ’er the thieves will out with their bootyĪdaptation of Charles H. We’ll shoot the generals on our own side. The Internationale unites the human race. We’ll change henceforth the old tradition He did a lot of work for the various socialist parties of the time in America, all of it in French and ran a French-language school. He only lived briefly in England, spending most of his post-Commune exile in New York, Philadelphia, and Newark. Pottier’s poem was only set to music in 1889, two years after his death, and published in 1894, and was virtually unknown until then, so it is very unlikely that he wrote an English version.
Written by: Eugène Pottier, Paris, June 1871 Įugène Pottier, was a refugee from the Paris Commune, who wrote the poem while in hiding in the aftermath of the massacre of the Communards. The song features Darlene Zschech as lead vocalist, with a new added bridge composed by Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding, and was recorded in Sydney, Australia in three days, mixed in England overnight and mastered in Los Angeles, before being released in the iTunes Store the following weekend.Six versions of the the song of the international workers movement. It reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top 100 with all proceeds from the sale of this single going to the relief effort. Hillsong Live team recorded a special single in December 2010 to aid victims of the 2010–2011 flooding in Queensland, Australia. Hillsong Church version "It Is Well With My Soul" The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!Īnd Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life,īut Lord, 'tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!įor me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live: Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to know When peace like a river, attendeth my way, Bliss called his tune Ville du Havre, from the name of the stricken vessel. Shortly afterwards, as Spafford traveled to meet his grieving wife, he was inspired to write these words as his ship passed near where his daughters had died. His wife Anna survived and sent him the now famous telegram, "Saved alone …". While crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the ship sank rapidly after a collision with a sea vessel, the Loch Earn, and all four of Spafford's daughters died. In a late change of plan, he sent the family ahead while he was delayed on business concerning zoning problems following the Great Chicago Fire. His business interests were further hit by the economic downturn of 1873, at which time he had planned to travel to England with his family on the SS Ville du Havre, to help with D. The first two were the death of his four-year-old son and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which ruined him financially (he had been a successful lawyer and had invested significantly in property in the area of Chicago that was extensively damaged by the great fire). This hymn was written after traumatic events in Spafford's life.