Chorus. Freedom is risen!
Freedom is risen!
Freedom is risen to-day!
Single voice. She burst from prison,
She burst from prison,
She broke from her gaolers away!
Chorus. When was she born?
How was she nurst
Where was her cradle laid?
Single voice. In want and scorn;
Reviled and curst;
‘Mid the ranks of toil and trade.
Chorus. And hath she gone
On her Holy morn,
Nor staid for the long work-day?
Single voice. From heaven she came,
On earth to remain,
And bide with her sons alway.
Chorus. Did she break the grave,
Our souls to save,
And leave our bodies in hell?
Single voice. To save us alive,
If we will but strive,
Body and soul as well.
Chorus. Then what must we do
To prove us true?
And what is the law she gave?
Single voice. Never fulfil
A tyrant’s will,
Nor willingly live a slave.
Chorus. Then this we’ll do,
To prove us true,
And follow the law she gave:
Never fulfil
A tyrant’s will,
Nor willingly live a slave.
(Ernest Jones)
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