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06 Jun 04 - 02:32 PM (#1201408) Subject: Lyr Req: If I Were Free From: Franz S. I've already searched DT and other indices. Should be able to find this, but I can't. There are 4 references to it on other threads, but I already know the chorus: |
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06 Jun 04 - 02:52 PM (#1201415) Subject: Lyr Add: IF I WERE FREE (Travis Edmonson) From: Marion in Cornwall I wonder if this is the one you're looking for. It was sung by Peter, Paul & Mary. All the best Marion IF I WERE FREE Travis Edmonson Chorus: If I were free to speak my mind, I'd tell a tale to all mankind Of how the flowers do bloom and fade Of how we've fought and how we've paid. This weary world has had its fill Of words of war on every hill The time has come for peaceful days And peaceful men of peaceful ways. Chorus When all mankind has ceased to fight I'll raise my head in thanks each night For this rich Earth and all it means For golden days and peaceful dreams. Chorus from Joe Offer 18 Oct 2021
IF I WERE FREE (Travis Edmonson) Lyrics to this Travis Edmonson composition which he did not sing on record |
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07 Jun 04 - 10:56 AM (#1201996) Subject: Lyr Req: If I Were Free To Speak My Mind From: Franz S. I swear this song was once almost as commonly sung as Michael Row The Boat Ashore, but I hadn't heard it for many years. Then a week ago I heard someone off somewhere at a campground singing it but couldn't get the words from them. I've googled it and checked DT plus other indices but found nothing but passing references. I would appreciate words and music ( Iknow the tune, but I can't translate that into chords or key. Thanks |
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07 Jun 04 - 11:18 AM (#1202005) Subject: Lyr Add: IF I WERE FREE (Travis Edmonson) From: JennyO Peter, Paul & Mary - If I Were Free IF I WERE FREE (Travis Edmonson) Chorus: If I were free to speak my mind, I'd tell a tale to all mankind Of how the flowers do bloom and fade Of how we've fought and how we've paid. This weary world has had its fill Of words of war on every hill The time has come for peaceful days And peaceful men of peaceful ways. (chorus) When all mankind has ceased to fight I'll raise my head in thanks each night For this rich earth and all it means For golden days and peaceful dreams. (chorus) And here is a site with the guitar chords. |
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07 Jun 04 - 01:21 PM (#1202123) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I Were Free To Speak My Mind From: Joe Offer It's a nice song. It's the first cut on PP&M's See What Tomorrow Brings album, which says the song was written by Travis Edmonson (Carte Music Co. c/o Larry Shayne Music, Inc. ASCAP). I wonder who Edmonson is/was, and if he's written anything else that's worth learning. Anybody know anything about Edmonson? The lyrics for all PP&M recordings can be found at www.peterpaulandmary.com I wish more artists would do that. -Joe Offer- I shoulda Googled before I posted. Travis Edmonson was half of the group Bud and Travis. I saw a Bud & Travis CD when I was reorganizing my CD collection last week. I wonder where it is now... |
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07 Jun 04 - 05:54 PM (#1202301) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I Were Free To Speak My Mind From: Franz S. Thank you, JennyO. Prompt service from Mudcat as (almost) always. And Joe, remember, always google before and after meals. |
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27 Jun 04 - 07:16 PM (#1215141) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I Were Free To Speak My Mind From: GUEST,bnc4015@comcast.net I wonder if anyone has the lyrics that PP&M sing to this tune in French, called "Il Faut Qu'il Vienne le Temps"? It's on the "Carry it On" CD. The PP&M website only has the words to "If I were free", although the song on the CD is listed as above. Thanks |
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27 Jun 04 - 10:45 PM (#1215225) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I Were Free To Speak My Mind From: GUEST,Art Thieme I used the chorus of this song to tie a medley of several protest songs together. Many of those songs were great songs but may have been from historical movements that might've been discredited, or at least diminished, by revisionist history or just the passing of time---or both. I changed the medley all the time. Current events had a fascinating way of making the old songs mean something again. As I'm fond of saying, "History repeats. It just costs twice as much every time around." Or: "If it wasn't for time, we'd have to do everything all at once." ;-) Art Thieme |
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27 Jun 04 - 10:54 PM (#1215228) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I Were Free To Speak My Mind From: Rapparee Heavens, Art, you're right about that! I find myself walking around these days, singing either out loud or mentally such songs as "Sergeant, I'm a Draftee" and "Small Circle of Friends" and "Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation" (with the names changed slightly) and "Shores of Santo Domingo" and...well, you get the idea. Plus ca change.... |
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17 Jan 05 - 06:53 PM (#1380948) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I Were Free To Speak My Mind From: GUEST,Lyn F I was looking for the English translation of the French lyrics too. The English version is entirely different. When I found this website, I figured that I'd better brush up on my high school French and translate it myself. So, with the help of my French dictionary and quite a bit of time, I think I have it pretty well. The translation is pretty literal, and not very poetic, but at least you can sing the French lyrics and know what you are singing. Here goes. Il Faut Qu'il Vienne Le Temps The Time Has Come |
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25 Jul 07 - 12:47 AM (#2110637) Subject: Lyr Req: if i were free From: Rasta howdy all buckaroos n buckaretts its the rastaaaa, who know whrere to find the lyrics for a tune i first heard by Diane and the greenbriar boys , i knoow ppnm also cut it thanx rastaaa |
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25 Jul 07 - 01:36 AM (#2110646) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: if i were free From: Rasta forgive me the song is on the thread and its call -if i were free- rastaa |
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25 Jul 07 - 08:39 AM (#2110805) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: if i were free From: Jim Dixon IF I WERE FREE, written by Travis Edmonson, has been recorded by The Country Gentlemen; Peter, Paul & Mary; Billy Strange; Dian & the Greenbriar Boys; and possibly others. |
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01 Mar 08 - 11:59 AM (#2276576) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I Were Free To Speak My Mind From: open mike see this site for Travis Edmonson I know someone who has sung this song all around the world. If I were Free to Speak my Mind. |
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18 Jan 21 - 05:24 PM (#4088665) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I Were Free (Travis Edmonson) From: GUEST,# Here it is from Dian and the Greenbriar Boys <-----note spelling of Dian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPyZpDy39B0 The song is at 30:40 on YouTube |
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19 Oct 21 - 02:46 AM (#4123465) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I Were Free (Travis Edmonson) From: Joe Offer Here are the lyrics from a cache of the Website www.travisedmonson.com IF I WERE FREE (Travis Edmonson) Lyrics to this Travis Edmonson composition which he did not sing on record: This weary world has had its fill Of words of war on every hill. The time has come for peaceful days And peaceful men of peaceful ways. If I were free to speak my mind, I'd tell a tale to all mankind Of how the flowers do bloom and fade Of how we've fought and how we've paid. When all mankind has ceased to fight I'll raise my head in thanks each night For this rich Earth and all it means For golden days and peaceful dreams. If I were free to speak my mind, I'd tell a tale to all mankind Of how the flowers do bloom and fade Of how we've fought and how we've paid. |