Let The People Sing
The Wolfe Tones
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Key:
G [Verse 1]G For those who are in love there's aD G song that's warm and tenderC G For those who are oppressed inD song you can protestG D So liberate your mind and giveG your soul expressionC D Open up your heart I'll sing forG you this song. [Chorus]G Let the people sing their stories and their songsC G And the music of their native land Their lullabies and battle cries andEm songs of hope and joyD D7 So join us hand in handG All across this ancient land,C G throughout the test of time It was music that kept our spiritsEm freeD G Those songs of yours and mine [Verse 2]G It was back in ancient times theD G bard would tell his storyC Of the heros of the villain,of theG D chieftain in the glenG Through Elizabethan times andD G Cromwellian war and furyC Put our pipers to the sword killedD G our harpers and our bards [Chorus]G Let the people sing their stories and their songsC G And the music of their native land Their lullabies and battle cries andEm songs of hope and joyD D7 So join us hand in handG All across this ancient land,C G throughout the test of timeContinues after the adIt was music that kept our spiritsEm freeD G Those songs of yours and mine [Verse 3]G D Oh Ireland land of song yourG music lives foreverC In its valleys and its mountains,G D in our hills and in our glensG Our music has survived throughD G famine and oppressionC D To the generationgs gone I'llG sing for you this song [Chorus]G Let the people sing their stories and their songsC G And the music of their native land Their lullabies and battle cries andEm songs of hope and joyD D7 So join us hand in handG All across this ancient land,C G throughout the test of time It was music that kept our spiritsEm freeD G Those songs of yours and mine [Chorus 2]G C This land is your land, this landG is my land,D From the northern highlands, to theG western islands,C From the hills of Kerry, to theG streets of free Derry,D G This land was made for you and me [Verse 2]C As I was walking by the ShannonG D water, hand in hand there with myG little daughter,C Hear the church bell ringing, andG the children singing,D G This land was made for you and me. [Chorus 2]G C This land is your land, this landG is my land,D From the northern highlands, to theG western islands,C From the hills of Kerry, to theG streets of free Derry,D G This land was made for you and me [Verse 3]C So we climbed the mountain by theG crystal fountain,D And we heard the wave- roar by theG rocky seashore,C Her eyes were gleamin, she cried ohG DaddyD G This land was made for you and me. [Chorus 2]G C This land is your land, this landG is my land,D From the northern highlands, to theG western islands,C From the hills of Kerry,to theG streets of free Derry,D G This land was made for you and me [Verse 4]C So I walked her home ,by theG village steaple,D Proud of my country, proud of myG people,C Of the men who cried there, and theG men who died there singing,D G This land was made for you and me. [Chorus 2]G C This land is your land, this landG is my land,D From the northern highlands, to theG western islands,C From the hills of Kerry, to theG streets of free Derry,D G This land was made for you and me