Tore the pages from their Torahs. Hurled torches at their doors So they departed Polish ports and boarded boats to court the green lady with that copper torch who rose up gorgeous off the shore Endured that stormy weather for me Ellis Island, hellish journey Maggots in the hard barley Some shot off their own toes so they couldn't be forced to march in the Tsar's army Bodies pitched in ditches, singed and bludgeoned Burned the children in the ovens by the dozens Burned the witches in New England by the coven They burn the different ones, so clutch your cousins close Cause such is life, it's cuts and strife, stitches, punches, knives and hungry crows Nothing guarantees survival And we won’t stop this terror sticking flowers in the barrels of their rifles We fight the hatred with the light And when they think we'll fold and wave that bright rag We won't surrender We'll wipe the blood up with the white flag