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All The Little Children

Tommy Sands

And we're singing of the times
When the sun will always shine
And armoured cars and tanks will fade away
People will be one, and fighting will be done
And all the little children they can play

Little children hiding in the shadows
Waiting for the changing of the day
Watching for a break between the showers
When they can go out and start to play

I can hear you saying it's impossible
Just look at the blood upon the road
But I don't think that it's impossible
For now we see that all our blood is red

It seems that cure is better than prevention
If not then Doctor John would have no pay
And all the kings and queens would have no pensions
If all the little children they could play

I don't suppose a man will stop his struggling
If he's lying with his back upon the ground
It's only when every man is standing
That peace and justice can be found

Susannes Folksong-Notizen

[1974:] Während eines Krieges sehnt sich jedermann nach Frieden, besonders wenn er die Auswirkungen des Krieges auf die Unschuldigen und hier gerade die Kinder erkennt. In Irland wünscht man sich heute sehnlichst den Frieden, aber wie kann man von einem Menschen erwarten, daß "er zu kämpfen aufhört, solange er auf dem Rücken zu Boden liegt"? Die Bibel sagt: "Selig sind, die Frieden machen" und nicht: "Selig sind, die Frieden wünschen". Die Friedensmacher sind es, die am aufrichtigsten versuchen werden, das Unrecht zu beseitigen und die Lage so zu verändern, daß "Frieden und Gerechtigkeit gefunden werden können". (Notes Sands Family, 'The Winds Are Singing Freedom')
[1989:] "Peace" is the easiest flag of all to follow, but when you take the word down from the banner and to fit it into a political context it becomes more difficult. (Notes Tommy Sands, 'Singing of the Times')

Quelle: Ireland

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