Garnitur Spod Igly

COUNTRY: Poland
LANGUAGE: Polish

A Polish labor movement song from the “Solidarity” days of the ’80s that talks, in the original, about how the elite wear fancy clothes while the rest of the Poles dress more simply. The original, found on the Smithsonian Folkways album, Solidarity!–Postulat 22: Songs from the New Polish Labor Movement, is a darkly comic song about class and power conflicts in Communist Poland.

Lyrics of the All Around This World version:

Garnitur spod igly, this suit I am wearing
Makes me look fancy, makes me feel daring
I am much better than you, I suppose, because I’m wearing expensive clothes
I must be smart and I must be funny because my clothing costs lots of money.
That is my story and I’m sticking to it…
Though you know it’s a joke ’cause you can see right through it.
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Garnitur spod igly, this pretend suit I’m wearing
Makes me look fancy, makes me feel daring
I am much better than you, I suppose, because I’m wearing imaginary clothes
I must be smart, I must be funny, my made-up clothing costs lots of money.
That was my story and I stuck to it…
Though you knew it was a joke ’cause you could see right through it.

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