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[C] Here in this village [F] you may [C] see [G7] Children [C] living [G7] happily [G7] Different [C] race and [F] different [C] land [D7] Here we come to [G7] understand [F] One anothers [C] point of view [D7] Learning through the [G] things [D7] we [G7] do [C] How [D7] alike am [G7] I to [C] you Here we live and eat and sleep Talk and laugh and sometimes weep Here we share our hopes and fears Build a bridge across the years Sow a seed and plant a tree Beneath whose branches there may be All the nations gathered free That our children so may grow In a world we did not know Sharing all they have to give Learning how to love and live In our hands the future lies Seize the moment there it flies [C] Stamp the [F] present [G] with an [Am] act [F] Dare to make our [G7] dream a [C] fact
(the original 1. vers) Here in this village you may see children living happily. French, Norwegian, Swede and Dane, British, German, American, Mexican and Austrian too,* learning through the things we do, how alike am I to you. * These nations were in the first camp in 1951. |
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