Wasn't That A Time chords by The Weavers

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Verse 1
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Our fathers pled at Valley Forge.
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The snow was red with blood.
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Their faith was one.
At Valley Forge,
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their faith was brotherhood.
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Wasn't that a time,
wasn't that a time,
wasn't that a time, a time to try?
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The soul of man,
wasn't that a terrible time?
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Brave men who fought at Gettysburg
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Now lie in soldiers' graves,
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but there they stand
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The rebel tide and then the
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faith was saved.
Wasn't that a time,
wasn't that a time,
wasn't that a time, a time to try?
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The soul of man,
wasn't that a terrible time?
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Informers took their Judas pay
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To tell their sorry tale,
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the gangs in Congress had their way
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and free souls went to jail.
Wasn't that a time,
wasn't that a time,
wasn't that a time, a time to try?
The soul of man,
wasn't that a terrible time?
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How many times we've gone to kill
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in freedom's holy name,
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and children died to save the pride
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of rulers without shame.
Wasn't that a time,
wasn't that a time, a time to try?
The soul of a man
wasn't there that terrible time.
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Our faith cries out, we have no fear.
We dare to reach our hand
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to all our neighbors, far and near,
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to friends in every land.
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Isn't this a time, isn't this a time,
isn't this a time, a time free?
The soul of man,
isn't this a wonderful time?
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Isn't this a wonderful time?