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Daughters and Sons

from Culled From the Garden 1991 by Atwater-Donnelly

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Daughters and Sons
Tommy Sands, Elm Grove Music

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They wouldn't hear your music
And they pulled your paintings down
They wouldn't read your writing
And they banned you from the town
But they couldn't stop your dreaming
And a victory you've won
For you've sown the seeds of freedom
In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
You've sown the seeds of freedom
In your daughters and your sons

Your weary smile it proudly hides
The chain marks on your hands
When you bravely strive to realize
The rights of everyone
And though your body's bent and low
A victory you've won
For you've sown the seeds of justice
In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
You've sown the seeds of justice
In your daughters and your sons

Well, I don't know your religion
But one day I heard you pray
For a world where everyone can work
And children they can play
And though you never got your share
Of the fruits that you have won
You've sown the seeds of equality
In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
You've sown the seeds of equality
In your daughters and your sons

Instrumental

They taunted you in Belfast
And they tortured you in Spain
And in that Warsaw ghetto
They tied you up in chains
In Vietnam and Chile
Where they came with tanks and guns
It was there you sowed the seeds of peace
In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
There you sowed the seeds of peace
In your daughters and your sons

And now your music's playing
And the writing's on the wall
And all the dreams you painted
Can be seen by one and all
And now you've got them thinking
And the future's just begun
For you've sown the seeds of freedom
In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
You've sown the seeds of freedom
In your daughters and your sons

In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
You've sown the seeds of freedom
In your daughters and your sons

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from Culled From the Garden 1991, released April 9, 1991
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, guitar
Elwood Donnelly: vocals, harmonica

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Atwater-Donnelly Warren, Rhode Island

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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