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Thread #91157 Message #1731890
Posted By: Richard Bridge
02-May-06 - 04:47 AM
Thread Name: Origins/Lyr Add: Anthem of the Rainbow
Subject: Lyr Add: ANTHEM OF THE RAINBOW
In the absence of any messages saying these words are already in the Digitrad, here they are.
Amazing how many 60s protest songs are so relevant today!
ANTHEM OF THE RAINBOW Forest Tollis and Robert Cosbey Jr (approx 1963)
If all the grasses are yellow What colour are the tears That are shed for all the young fellows In the armies along the frontiers?
Ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh.
If all the grasses are purple What colour is the sky Under which young men are marching Though none know the reason why?
Once you dressed in the colour of flowers But now you're dressed in black And watch at the window for hours For the men to come marching back.
And what if poppies are orange And what if roses are red? What cares a girl for flowers When the one she loves is dead?
If all the rivers are golden And silver the colour of rain When will a maid and her soldier Be together again?
And what does it matter If October leaves are brown If your love since last September Has been sleeping 'neath the ground?