Continuing with songs that Michael Mangan rescued from his out of print album, Sing Jubilee, is this social justice song. Part of Jubilee 2000 was a call from Pope John Paul 2 to cancel the debts of third world countries. The lyrics of this song originally were very specific in this cause but when he rewrote it for True Colours Shine he adjusted the lyrics to be more generally applicable. True Colours Shine is his collection of songs of “justice, mission and peace” so this song fits well into these songs.
The sheet music can be purchased at Litmus. The lyrics can be downloaded from his site as well.
Free The World
Words & music by Michael Mangan
They say a billion people live in poverty,
Sinking in a sea of misery,
Drowning in a debt that they can’t repay,
Let’s get together to find a way to
Free the world from hunger and poverty,
Free the world from sickness and pain.
Free the world from endless slavery,
Give them hope and let them live again,
We can free the world.
Tell me, how can we listen to the children cry?
How can we look into their empty eyes?
How can we watch so manypeople die?
Do we ever stop and wonder why?
We raise our voices and stand as one.
Our fight for justice has just begun.
We have so many gifts that we can share,
It’s time to reach out and show we care.
© 2007, 1998 Litmus Productions, Brisbane.
How many homecoming titles have been created?
I am not sure I understand the question.
Geoff
I think you’re being visited by some commenting bots (the best 21 and best 9 comments) – this may be a variant. Some of them have got quite clever, while others are natural-looking but still meaningless. Very tedious.
I suspect you are correct, Mary, but as it seems to originate from an Indonesian university I was concerned it was a language issue.
Geoff