LET THE PEOPLE SING (4/4 Lively)

G G D G

For those who are in love, there’s a song that’s warm and tender

C C G D

For those who are oppressed, in song you can protest

G G D G

So liberate your mind and give your soul expression

C G D G

Open up your hearts and I’ll sing for you this song

Chorus:

G G G

Let the people sing, their stories and their songs

C G

And the music of their native land

G G G Em

The lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and joy

D D7

So join us hand in hand

G G C G

All across this ancient land, throughout the test of time

G G Em

It was music that kept their spirits free

D G

Those songs of yours and of mine

G G D G

It was, back in ancient times, the bard would tell his stories

C C G D

Of the heroes of the villain, of the chieftain in the glen

G G D G

Through Elizabethan times and Cromwellian war and fury

C G D G

Put our pipers to the sword killed our harpers and our bards (Chorus:)

G G D G

Ireland land of song, your music lives forever

C C G D

In your mountains and your valleys, in your hills and in your glens

G G D G

Our music has survived through famine and oppression

C G D G

To the generations gone, I sing to you this song (Chorus:, Inst Verse, Chorus:)