Take Hands and March

[marnanel]

I wrote this public domain protest song. This rendition is very rough. Would any of you like to record a better version? Can you help me find someone who would?

"Take Hands and March" (Watch on YouTube)

The tune is Jeremiah Clarke's "Prince of Denmark" march, sometimes incorrectly attributed to Henry Purcell and called "Trumpet Voluntary". The performance in the recording was by the Hallé orchestra in May 1927 in Manchester. The image of hands is from Sweet Ice Cream Photography: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/File:Lovers_hands._(Unsplas… .

-- Lyrics --

Take hands and march to show
Our strength shall grow
And we shall not fail.
Take hands and let them know
Society is not for sale.

Out with a world of contracts to cheat us!
Out with the lords who hoard their gold!
Out with a world of sanctions to leave us
Starving in the cold:

Take hands and march to show
Our strength shall grow
And we shall not fail.
Take hands and let them know
Society is not for sale.

These are the dreams of safety and justice.
These are the hands to make it true.
Soon to return the wealth of the many
Stolen by the few:

Take hands and march to show
Our strength shall grow
And we shall not fail
Take hands and let them know
Society is not for sale.

Comments

[naath]

that's rather lovely