The Land

 
G                                C                    G 
Sound the call for freedom boys, and sound it far and wide, 
                           A7            D 
March along to victory for God is on our side, 
G                  C               G    C     G 
While the voice of Nature thunders o'er the rising tide, 
D                         G 
"God gave the land to the people!" 
 

 
G             C 
The land, the land, 
      G                   D 
'twas God who made the land, 
G             C 
The land, the land, 
    G         C            D 
The ground on which we stand, 
G                C 
Why should we be beggars 
         G                B7 
With the ballot in our hand? 
D            D7           G 
God made the land for the people. 
 

 
G                                C                    G 
Hark the sound is spreading from the East and from the West, 
                           A7            D 
Why should we work hard and let the landlords take the best? 
G                  C               G    C     G 
Make them pay their taxes on the land just like the rest, 
D                         G 
The land was meant for the people. 
 

 
G             C 
The land, the land, 
      G                   D 
'twas God who made the land, 
G             C 
The land, the land, 
    G         C            D 
The ground on which we stand, 
G                C 
Why should we be beggars 
         G                B7 
With the ballot in our hand? 
D            D7           G 
God made the land for the people. 
 

 
G                                C                    G 
Clear the way for liberty, the land must all be free, 
                           A7            D 
Liberals will not falter from the fight, tho' stern it be, 
G                  C               G    C     G 
'Til the flag we love so well shall fly from sea to sea 
D                         G 
O'er the land that is free for the people. 
 

 
G             C 
The land, the land, 
      G                   D 
'twas God who made the land, 
G             C 
The land, the land, 
    G         C            D 
The ground on which we stand, 
G                C 
Why should we be beggars 
         G                B7 
With the ballot in our hand? 
D            D7           G 
God made the land for the people. 
 

 
G                                C                    G 
The army now is marching on, the battle to begin, 
                           A7            D 
The standard now is raised on high to face the battle din, 
G                  C               G    C     G 
We'll never cease from fighting 'til the victory we win, 
D                         G 
And the land is free for the people. 
 

 
G             C 
The land, the land, 
      G                   D 
'twas God who made the land, 
G             C 
The land, the land, 
    G         C            D 
The ground on which we stand, 
G                C 
Why should we be beggars 
         G                B7 
With the ballot in our hand? 
D            D7           G 
God made the land for the people.