If I Were Free (Traditional)                      
                                                  
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    If I were free to speak my                    
    mind,  I'd tell a tale to all                 
    mankind,  of how the flowers  do              
    bloom and fade, of how we                     
    fought, and how we paid.                      
                                                  
This weary world has had its fill,  of words      
of war on every hill.  The time has               
come  for peaceful days, And peaceful             
men of peaceful ways.                             
                                                  
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When all mankind has ceased to fight,  I'll       
raise my head in thanks each night,  for this     
return,  and all it means, for golden             
days and peaceful dreams.                         
                                                  
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