Union Songs

let the franklin flow

A song by Shane Howard©1983 Shane Howard

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oh Tasmania
the hardest heart could understand
just to feel your wilderness
your silence sings to me

let the Franklin flow
let the wild lands be
the wilderness should be strong and free
from Kuta Kina to the south-west shore
has to be something worth fighting for

we fell the forests and we scar the land
has to be something worth fighting for
and desecrate it with greedy hands
destroy the beauty that nature planned

a thousand people arrested and bailed
has to be something worth fighting for
voices crying in the wilderness
saying this is something worth fighting for

oh Tasmania
the hardest heart could understand
just to feel your wilderness
your silence sings to me

Notes

Many thanks to Shane Howard for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.

Let the Franklin Flow was recorded on the A-side of Let the Franklin Flow 7" single in 1983

Visit Shane's website at http://shanehoward.com.au/

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union songs..........a selection by mark gregory