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Political Prisoners (My Country Isn’t Free)

Tune: My Country 'Tis of Thee/God Save the Queen
Songwriter: Corrine Wingler
Gaggle: New York City Metro
Key: D
Written: April 22, 2026
Government & Politics

My country isn’t free.
Where is democracy? We protest now.
Whistleblowers in U.S.A. Are punished for their say.
But they expose our moral decay
They remain unbowed.

Julian Assange was right. He brought emails to light,
He’s been hunted since.
Finally he was caught; the UK can deport
Him to our country’s evil court
Let freedom ring.

And Chelsea Manning’s fate for helping circulate
U.S. Secret acts.
She was condemned to jail; she’s back there without bail,
She’s punished for her true details;
Let freedom ring.

Now Edward Snowden’s next
He spread more secret texts. He’s in exile.
My country isn’t free; where is our Liberty?
We must now call to you and me
LE-ET FREEDOM RING.

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