"WASN`T THAT A TIME" by the Weavers

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

CHORUS: Wasn't that a time, wasn't that a time,
A time to try the soul of man,
Wasn't that a terrible time? 

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

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The wars are long, the peace is frail. Now the madmen come again. There is no freedom in a land where fear and hate prevail.

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The madmen came with chains and war To prison us in hate. And many a good man fought and died To save the stricken faith.

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

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Our faith cries out, We have no fear, We dare to reach our hand to other neighbors far and near, to friends in every land

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by Lee Hays and Walter Lownenfels © 1949