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FREE TO BE YOU AND ME

(by Stephen Laurence & Bruce Hart; learned from the CD Free To Be)

(music to go here)

There's a land that I see where the children are free,
And I say it's not far to this land from where we are,
Take my hand, come with me where the children are free,
And we'll live, take my hand, come with me.
    To a land where the children are free
    To a land through the green country
    To a land by the shining sea
    And you and me are free to be you and me.

I see a land bright and clear, and the time's comin' near
When we'll live in this land, you and me, hand in hand,
Take my hand, come along, lend your voice to my song,
Come along, take my hand, sing this song.
    To a land where the children are free...
    To a land through the green country
    To a land by the shining sea
    To a land where the horses are free
    And you and me are free to be you and me.

Every boy in this land grows to be his own man,
Every girl, to a woman, as she grows in this land
Take my hand, come with me where the children are free
Come with me, take my hand, and we'll run!
    To a land where the children are free...
    To a land through the green country
    To a land by the shining sea
    To a land where the horses are free
    To a land where the children are free
    And you and me are free to be you and me.

(from miriam berg's folksong collection)