Macedonian Struggle was a series of social, political, cultural and military conflicts that were mainly fought between Greek and Bulgarian subjects who lived in Ottoman Macedonia between 1904 and 1908. Secretly the guerrillas were supported by Greece and Bulgaria and Greeks or Bulgarians from various areas came to aid the two sides. The conflict was ended by the Young Turk Revolution in 1908.
Song's Greek title: Πολύ γερό και κοφτερό σπαθί
Ελληνικοί στίχοι/Greek lyrics:
Πολύ γερό και κοφτερό σπαθί μου
κι εσύ τουφέκι φλογερό πουλί μου.
Σπαθί μου σαν σ' ακούω να σπαθίζεις
κι εσύ λαμπρό τουφέκι να βομβίζεις.
Εσείς τον Τούρκο κράξατε, το Βούλγαρο ταράξατε.
Να ζήσει το σπαθί μου και η πατρίς μου.
