Oh Ancient Land Of Palestine
Tune: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Songwriter: Marcy Matasick
Gaggle: New Mexico
Key: key of C, starting note E
Written: March 27, 2023
War & Peace
Oh ancient land of Palestine, the tanks are rolling by
The children run as soldiers guns alarm them and make them cry
And in the dark streets shineth the merciless searchlights
The hopes and fears of all the years are smoldering tonight
How noisily, how noisily, the shells fall down like rain
So fear imparts to human hearts despair and crushing pain
For Palestine’s imprisoned behind apartheid walls
While here we sleep, our taxes keep big guns aimed at those walls
With Palestine’s resistance and, Israelis who choose dissent,
we take a stand, and we demand: oppression has got to end!
All people are entitled to basic human rights
And not just some, but everyone! With Palestine, we unite!