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Thread #143352   Message #3317511
Posted By: maeve
05-Mar-12 - 06:33 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Give It to the World (Sylvia Tyson)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Give It To The World' (Sylvia Tyson)
Oh yes- since saulgoldie mentioned Donal Leace singing "Give It to the World", I looked it up online (rather a charming two-song segment, by the way.) It's very similar, but not quite the same. I wonder if you can work out Sylvia's original version with its help, though?

Mr. Leace sings,
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(Donal Leace singing "Give It to the World" A digital archive of C-SPAN video PROGRAM SEGMENT Jan 14, 2011 Donal Leace, Singer and Songwriter)

00:09:55(music)

Don't keep your good things locked inside you
Go out and give it to the world.
Show everybody your heart is open wide.
Go out and give it to the world.

Chorus: Give it to the world, give it to the world.
       If you've got something and it's good, and it's good,
       Go out and give it to the world.

If you've got nothing but a song to sing,
Sing it for the world.
Think of all the pleasure your song might bring
If you go out and you sing it for the world.

Chorus:Give it to the world, give it to the world,
       If you've got something and it's good, and it's good,
       Go out, give it to the world.
        
(spoken 'Listen to me now:')

If you have learned something from your sorrow, from your pain,
Go out, share it with the world.
Brothers, tell your sisters, tell everything you have gained.
Go out, share it with the world.

      Give it to the world, give it to the world,
      If you've got something and it's good, and it's good,
      Go out, give it to the world.

(spoken: 'Here's your part:')

      Give it to the world, come on give it to the world,
      If you've got something and it's good, and it's good,
      Go out, give it to the world.
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Does that help?

Maeve