Lyrics:

Peter Paul And Mary: Theres Anger In The Land


Theres grievin in the country
Theres sorrow in the sand.
Theres sobbin in the shanty
And theres anger in the land.

A woman broods in silence
Close beside an open door;
Flung on her flimsy doorstep
Lies a corpse upon the floor.

Youll not ask me why Im silent
The woman said to me;
Her two eyes blazed in anger
And her throat throbbed agony.

Once my heart could cry in sorrow
Now it lies there on the floor
In the ashes by the hearthstone;
They cant hurt it anymore.

Oh, let the wind go cryin yonder
In the tree-tops by the spring
Let its voice be soft and feelin
Like it was a livin thing.

Theres grievin in the country
Theres sorrow in the sand.
Theres sobbin in the shanty
And theres anger in the land.