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Thread #36564   Message #511993
Posted By: Suffet
21-Jul-01 - 12:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Wasn't That a Time (Hays, Lowenfels)
Subject: Lyr Add: WASN'T THAT A TIME (Hays, Lowenfels)
Yes. Here they are as published in"The Peoples' Song Bulletin":

WASN'T THAT A TIME

Words & music by Lee Hays & Walter Lowenfels © 1948

Our fathers bled... at Valley Forge...
The snow was red with blood,
Their faith was warm... at Valley Forge...
Their faith... was brotherhood!

Wasn't that a time!
Wasn't that a time!
A time to try... the soul of man.
Wasn't that a terrible time!
(Wasn't that a terrible time!)

Brave men who fought... at Gettysburg...
Now lie in soldiers' graves,
But there they stemmed... the rebel tide,
And there... the faith was saved.

Wasn't that a time!
Wasn't that a time!
A time to try... the soul of man.
Wasn't that a terrible time!

The fascists came... with chains of war...
To prison us in hate.
And many a good... man fought and died,
To save... the stricken faith.
Wasn't that a time!
Wasn't that a time!
A time to try... the soul of man.
Wasn't that a terrible time!

And now again,,, the madmen come...
And shall our victory fail?
There is no vic...tory in a land,
Where free... men go to jail.

Isn't this a time!
Isn't this a time!
A time to try... the soul of man.
Isn't this a terrible time!

Our faith calls out... THEY SAHLL NOT PASS!...
We cry NO PASARAN!
We pledge our lives... our honor, all,
To free... this prisoned land.

Isn't this a time!
Isn't this a time!
A time to free... the soul of man.
Isn't this a wonderful time!
ISN'T THIS A WONDERFUL TIME!



--- Steve