Anger in the Land

[Verse 1]
There's grievin' in the plum grove
Sobbin' in the sand
There's sorrow in the shanty
And there's anger in the land

[Verse 2]
Did you see a lynchin'?
Ever see an angry mob
Mill around a swayin' body
When it's done its hellish job?

[Verse 3]
A woman broods in silence
Mopes beside an open door
Flung on her flimsy doorstep
Lies a corpse upon the floor

[Verse 4]
"You'll not ask me why I'm silent"
The woman said to me
Her two eyes blazed with anger
And her throat throbbed agony

[Verse 5]
"Once my heart could cry in sorrow
Now it lies thеre on the floor
In the ashеs by the hearthstone
They can't hurt it anymore"

[Verse 6]
Let the wind go cryin' yonder
In the treetops by the spring
Let its voice be soft in feelin'
Like it was a livin' thing

[Verse 1]
There's grievin' in the plum grove
Sobbin' in the sand
Sorrow in the shanty
And there's anger in the land