Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry. Paint a rainbow all around her Free Nelson Mandela Free, Free, Free, Nelson Mandela Free Nelson Mandela Twenty-one years in captivity His shoes too small to fit his feet His body abused but his mind is still free Are you so blind that you cannot see I say Free Nelson Mandela I’m begging you Free Nelson Mandela He pleaded the causes of the ANC Only one man in a large army Are you so blind that you cannot see Are you so deaf that you cannot hear his plea Free Nelson Mandela I’m begging you Free Nelson Mandela Twenty-one years in captivity Are you so blind that you cannot see Are you…, It was 25 years they take that man awayNow the freedom moves in closer every dayWipe the tears down from your saddened eyesThey say Mandela’s free so step outsideOh oh oh oh Mandela dayOh oh oh oh Mandela’s freeIt was 25 years ago this very dayHeld behind four walls all through night and dayStill the children know the story of that manAnd I know what’s going on right through your land25 years agoNa na na na Mandela dayOh oh oh Mandela’s freeIf the tears are flowing wipe them from your faceI can feel his heartbeat moving deep insideIt was 25 years they took that man awayAnd now the world come down say Nelson Mandela’s freeOh oh oh oh Mandela’s freeThe rising…, September ’77Port Elizabeth weather fineIt was business as usualIn police room 619Oh Biko, Biko, because BikoOh Biko, Biko, because BikoYihla Moja, Yihla MojaThe man is deadThe man is deadWhen I try to sleep at nightI can only dream in redThe outside world is black and whiteWith only one colour deadOh Biko, Biko, because BikoOh Biko, Biko, because BikoYihla Moja, Yihla MojaThe man is deadThe man is deadYou can blow out a candleBut you can’t blow out a fireOnce the flames begin to catchThe wind will blow it higherOh Biko, Biko, because BikoYihla Moja, Yihla MojaThe man is deadThe man is deadAnd the eyes of the world are watching now, watching now, I dreamed, I saw Joe Hill last nightAlive as you and meSays I “But Joe, you’re ten years dead”“I never died” says he“I never died” says he“The copper bosses killed you, Joe”“They shot you Joe” says I“Takes more than guns to kill a man”Says Joe “I didn’t die”Says Joe “I didn’t die”And standing there, as big as lifeAnd smiling with his eyesSays Joe “What they can never killWent on to organizeWent on to organize”From San Diego up to MaineIn every mine and millWhere working folks defend their rightsIt’s there… I dreamed I saw, I dreamed I saw, Joe Hill last nightAlive as you and meSays I “But Joe, you’re ten years dead”“I never died” says he, “I never died” says he“I never died” says he, Victor Jara of ChileLived like a shooting starHe fought for the people of ChileWith his songs and his guitarHis hands were gentle, his hands were strongVictor Jara was a peasantHe worked from a few years oldHe sat upon his father’s plowAnd watched the earth unfoldHis hands were gentle, his hands were strongNow when the neighbors had a weddingOr one of their children diedHis mother sang all night for themWith Victor by her sideHis hands were gentle, his hands were strongHe grew up to be a fighterAgainst the people’s wrongsHe listened to their grief and joyAnd turned them into songsHis hands were gentle, his hands were strongHe sang about the copper minersAnd those who worked the landHe sang about the factory workersAnd they knew he was their manHis hands were gentle, his hands were strongHe campaigned for AllendeWorking night and dayHe sang “Take hold of your brothers handYou know the future begins today”His hands were gentle, his hands were strongThen the generals seized ChileThey arrested Victor thenThey caged him in a stadiumWith five-thousand frightened menHis hands were gentle, his hands were strongVictor stood in the stadiumHis voice was brave and strongAnd he sang for his fellow prisonersTill the guards cut short his songHis hands were gentle, his hands were strongThey broke the bones in both his handsThey beat him on the headThey tore him with electric shocksAnd then they shot him deadHis hands were gentle, his hands were strong.
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