Pete Seeger - Wasn't That a Time? (Live) Lyrics

Lyrics Wasn't That a Time? (Live) - Pete Seeger



Our fathers bled at Valley Forge.
The snow was red with blood,
Their faith was warm at Valley Forge,
Their faith was brotherhood.
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 died at Gettysburg
Now lie in soldier's graves,
But there they stemmed the slavery tide,
And there the faith was saved.
The fascists came with chains and war
To prison us in hate.
And many a good man fought and died
To save the stricken faith.
And now again the madmen come,
And should our vic'try fail?
There is no vic'try in a land
Where free men go to jail.
Isn't this a time!
Isn't this a time!
A time to try the soul of man,
Isn't this a terrible time?
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.
Isn't this a time!
Isn't this a time!
A time to free the soul of man!
Isn't this a wonderful time!
How many times we've gone to kill
In freedom's holy name.
And children died to save the pride
Of rulers without shame.
Informers took their Judas pay
To tell their sorry tale
And gangs in Congress had their way
And free souls went to jail




Pete Seeger - Songs of Freedom & Protest
Album Songs of Freedom & Protest
date of release
25-09-2012

1 Wasn't That a Time (Concert Version)
2 Guantanamera (Live)
3 House of the Rising Sun
4 Frankie and Johnnie
5 Henry Martin
6 Fare You Well, Polly
7 Fare Thee Well (10,000 Miles)
8 I've Been Working on the Railroad
9 Silver Dagger
10 John Brown's Body
11 East Virginia
12 He Lies in the American Land
13 Wildwood Flower
14 Ox Driver's Song
15 All My Trials
16 We Shall Not Be Moved
17 Donna Donna
18 Frog Went A-Courting
19 John Riley
20 The Fox
21 El Preso Numero Nueve
22 Rake & Rambling Boy
23 Mary Hamilton
24 Little Moses
25 Jesse James
26 Barbara Allen
27 John Henry
28 Silkie
29 Casey Jones
30 Railroad Boy
31 Talking Union
32 Plaisir D'amour
33 Which Side Are You On?
34 Once I Knew a Pretty Girl
35 All I Want
36 Banks of the Ohio
37 Union Maid
38 Engine 143
39 Goodnight, Irene
40 Lonesome Road
41 The Bells of Rhymney
42 Pal of Mine
43 Wasn't That a Time? (Live)
44 The Cherry Tree Carol
45 We Shall Overcome (Live)
46 Wagoner's Lad
47 Guantanamera
48 Lily of the West
49 The Sinking of the Reuben James
50 Old Blue
51 Follow the Drinking Ground
52 The Trees They Do Grow High
53 What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby
54 Well May the World Go
55 O What a Beautiful City
56 Careless Love
57 Sail Away Ladies
58 One Grain Of Sand - Abiyoyo
59 Black Is the Colour
60 Sixteen Tons
61 The Banks of the Ohio
62 Rock Island Line
63 Lowlands
64 The Strange Death of John Doe
65 Don't Weep After Me
66 Song for Bridges
67 Kitty
68 So Soon the Morning
69 Careless Love




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