Liberty's Shore
from Planting in a Drought by Tom Smith
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This song is heavily based upon the traditional Irish folksong, "Erin's Green Shore". The third verse owes a lot to “The Second Coming” by Wm. Butler Yeats:
“The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
“The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
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Liberty's Shore
by Tom Smith (ASCAP) and Traditional
© 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
One evening so late as I rambled
By the banks of a wild rushing stream,
I took shelter from oncoming weather,
And fell into an unquiet dream.
I dreamed I beheld a fair maiden
Her equal I ne'er saw before,
She cried for the sake of our country
As she strayed along Liberty’s shore.
I arose and boldly addressed her
“Fair maid, what’s the cause of your pain?
And why to this perilous country
In the midst of our turmoil you came?”
She said, “I carry this lantern
To lift and give light to the world
I have come to awaken my brethren
Who slumber on Liberty’s shore”
She said, “With all innocence drownded
And virtue confused and afraid
With the good lacking direction
And the bad full of passion and rage”
“Now is the time we must summon
The spirit of love and accord
To vanquish the wrongs of our country
And cast them from Liberty’s shore”
Then in a flurry of lightning
Thunder ruptured my dream
This beautiful maiden had left me
And I long for to see her again
May the heavens before her split open
A storm that we can not ignore
To waken my sisters and brothers
Who slumber on Liberty’s shore
by Tom Smith (ASCAP) and Traditional
© 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
One evening so late as I rambled
By the banks of a wild rushing stream,
I took shelter from oncoming weather,
And fell into an unquiet dream.
I dreamed I beheld a fair maiden
Her equal I ne'er saw before,
She cried for the sake of our country
As she strayed along Liberty’s shore.
I arose and boldly addressed her
“Fair maid, what’s the cause of your pain?
And why to this perilous country
In the midst of our turmoil you came?”
She said, “I carry this lantern
To lift and give light to the world
I have come to awaken my brethren
Who slumber on Liberty’s shore”
She said, “With all innocence drownded
And virtue confused and afraid
With the good lacking direction
And the bad full of passion and rage”
“Now is the time we must summon
The spirit of love and accord
To vanquish the wrongs of our country
And cast them from Liberty’s shore”
Then in a flurry of lightning
Thunder ruptured my dream
This beautiful maiden had left me
And I long for to see her again
May the heavens before her split open
A storm that we can not ignore
To waken my sisters and brothers
Who slumber on Liberty’s shore
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from Planting in a Drought,
released March 27, 2020
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Tom Smith Boston, Massachusetts
“Folk music is still a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, needs, struggles and triumphs. Tom Smith is a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.” – Dave Palmeter, WUMB-FM Boston ... more
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