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Feed the Children


G C G The cribs are bursting with ears of corn, C F C A hungry cry from a child is torn, D G D In all the shops no corn to buy, G - C - G And all ask why. G C G The grain is piled high in every bin, C F C Still the wagons bring more in. D G D It seems as if each pile would try G - C - G To touch the sky. G7 And yet the child will get no bread; C They'll burn it all down to dust instead, A Destroy it all; do you wonder why D - D7 The price stays high? G C G Feed the children, feed them all! C F C Feed the children, let no war D G D Prevent the child from being fed. C G Jesus said, "Feed the children!"

Feed the children, feed them all!
Feed the children, let no war
Prevent the child from being fed.
Jesus said, "Feed the children!"

The market rises, the market falls.
The market races, the market stalls.
The price is hot, now the price is cold.
The grain is sold.

It changes hands, now it's sold again.
It's in the hands of the middle men.
The smiles are warm and their eyes are cold.
They pay in gold.

The mothers weep and the children cry,
But people sleep and the children die.
How many more must die tonight
Till the price is right?

Feed the children, feed them all!
Feed the children, let no war
Prevent the child from being fed.
Jesus said, "Feed the children!"

Feed the children, feed them all!
Feed the children, let no war
Prevent the child from being fed.
Jesus said, "Feed the children!"
Jesus said, "Feed the children!"

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1978)


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