Pete Seeger – How Can I Keep From Singing (Guitar)

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My life flows on in endless song

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Above earth's lamentation

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I hear the real, tho' far-off hymn

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That hails a new   creation

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Thro' all the tumult and the strife

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I hear that music ringing

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It sounds an echo in my soul

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How can I keep from singing?

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What though the tempest 'round me roars

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I know the truth, it liveth

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What though the darkness 'round me close

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Songs in the night it giveth

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No storm can shake my inmost calm

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While to that rock I'm clinging

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Since love is Lord of heav'n and earth

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How can I keep from singing?

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When tyrants tremble, sick with fear

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And hear their death knells ringing

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When friends rejoice, both far and near

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How can I keep from singing?

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In prison cell and dungeon, vile

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Our thoughts to them are winging

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When friends by shame are undefiled

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How can I keep from singing?