Wolfe Tones - Let the people sing

For^D those who are in love there's a^A song that's warm and^D tender For^G those who are oppressed in^D song you can pro^Atest So^D liberate your mind and^A give your soul ex^Dpression ^GOpen up your heart I'll^A sing for you this^D song.

Let^D the people sing their stories and their songs And the^G music of their native^D land Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and^Bm joy So^A join us hand in^A7 hand All^D across this ancient land,thr^Gought the test of^D time It was music that kept our spirits^Bm free Those^A songs of yours and^D mine [2] It was back in ancient times the bard would tell his story Of the heros of the villain,of the chieftain in the glen Through Elizabethan times and Cromwellian war and fury Put our pipers to the sword killed our harpers and our bards Repeat Chorus [3] Ireland land of song your music lives forever In our mountains in our valleys,in our hills and in our glens Our music has survived through famine and opperession To the generationg gone I'll sing for you this song