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Bring 'em home

Rise Again:
Peace
p. 198
Alternate Title: 
Bring Them Home
First Line: 
If you love your Uncle Sam

Artist & Tune

Composed by: 
Pete Seeger

Version by Pete Seeger

Version by unlisted performer

Version by Ani Difranco, Billy Bragg, Steve Earle

Version by Bruce Springsteen

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Reference

Genre: 
composed folk US

About the Song

Print source: 
Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Seeger)

Springsteen lyrics (from his We Shall Overcome / Seeger Sessions Tour):

If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

It’ll make the politicians sad, I know...
They wanna tangle with their foe...

They wanna test their grand theories...
With the blood of you & me...

We'll give no more brave young lives...
For the gleam in someone's eyes...

The men will cheer & the boys will shout...
And we will all turn out...

The church bells will ring with joy...
To welcome our darling girls & boys...

We will lift their voice in song...
When Johnny comes marching home...

Bring 'em home (8x)

 
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