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Thread #96830 Message #2187194
Posted By: Bob Murray
05-Nov-07 - 08:19 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: John Ball (Sydney Carter)-answered
Subject: RE: John Ball published anywhere?
I've been singing this one about recently. Soon after learning it a few months ago (from Annie Grace, and her version is a wee bit altered from the original) I found the desire to change it further. I've scrapped the verse that refers to Adam and Eve, and added the two following verses at the end;
Who will inherit,
Who will be the poor,
Who can be poor in the love of one another ?
Who will inherit,
Who will be the poor,
In the light that is coming in the morning ?
A' the bairns o' Adam,
A' the bairns o' Eve -
Kings and Queens in the love of one another.
A' the bairns o' Adam,
A' the bairns o' Eve,
In the light that is coming in the morning.