This is another text by Shirley Erena Murray set to an older piece of music, this time by John Hughes. The sample at AOV demonstrates the traditional sounding tune with a radical message. Use it if you can’t sing “Who Will Speak?”
Verse 1
Sing a song for peace and justice,
Speak for those who cannot speak!
Claim the world for peace and justice:
Let the strong support the weak.
Refrain
Light a candle in the darkness;
Hope and freedom must not die!
Hope and freedom must not die!
Verse 2
You who live in happy places,
Who can laugh and speak and sing,
Listen for the other voices
Mute with fear and suffering.
Refrain
Verse 3
Thousands cry in nameless prisons,
Plead with powers who hold the key:
Plead that human rights be honoured,
That the innocent go free.
Refrain
Words © Shirley Erena Murray
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