Jefferson And Liberty (hi-lo)

JEFFERSON AND LIBERTY hi-lo
Early American folk song
Based on an Irish folk song
Key: Em
Time: 6/8

-3”-3 4  -3”-3”3  -3” 2   -3” -3”
-6-7  7  -6 -6 6  -6  5   -6  -6
The gloom-y night be-fore us flies

 4   -3   3   3  -3 -4-3 -3” 3
 7   -7   6   6  -7 -8-7 -6  6
The reign of ter-ror now is o’er

-3   4    -3”-3”-3-3”2    -3”  -3”
-7   7    -6 -6-7-6  5    -6   -6
Its gags, in-quis-i-tors, and spies

 4    5 -4 4   -3 -3”-3 2  -3” -3”
 7    8 -8 7   -7 -6-7  5  -6  -6
Its hoards of harp-ies are no more

-3” -3”  -3  4   -4    5    6    6
-6  -6   -7  7   -8    8    9    9
Re-joice Co-lum-bia’s sons, re-joice

-5 -5  -5    6  5  -4-3 -3”  3
-9 -9  -9    9  8  -8-7 -6   6
To ty-rants nev-er bend the knee

 3   -3”  -3    4   -4  5 -5  6   -6
 6   -6   -7    7   -8  8 -9  9   -10
But join with heart and soul and voice

-5  5-4  4 -3-3”-3   2  -3”-3”
-9  8-8  7 -7-6 -7   5  -6 -6
For Jef-fer-son and lib-er-ty