There’s Anger In the Land

Peter, Paul and Mary * Track #5 On Late Again

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Peter, Paul and Mary

1968

There’s Anger In the Land by Peter, Paul and Mary

Performed by

Peter, Paul and Mary

Produced by

Albert Grossman & Milton Okun

Writed by

Hedy West & Don West

About

Lyrics are based on a poem by Appalachian folk poet and educator Don West, originally titled “A Time For Anger.” His daughter Hedy West became a well-known folk artist in her own right, stylistically not dissimilar to Peter, Paul and Mary.

West explained, “In the summer of 1950 I picked up a Negro...

There’s Anger In the Land Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's grievin' in the country
There's sorrow in the sand
There's sobbin' in the shanty
And there's anger in the land

[Verse 2]
A woman broods in silence
Close beside an open door
Flung on her flimsy doorstep
Lies a corpse upon the floor

[Verse 3]
"You'll not ask me why I'm silent"
The woman said to me
Her two eyes blazed in anger
And her throat throbbed agony

[Verse 4]
Oh, once my heart could cry in sorrow
Now it lies there on the floor
In the ashes by the hearthstone
They can't hurt it anymore

[Verse 5]
Oh, let the wind go cryin' yonder
In the treetops by the spring
Let its voice be soft and feeling
Like it was a living thing

[Verse 6]
There's grievin' in the country
There's sorrow in the sand
There's sobbin' in the shanty
And there's anger in the land

There’s Anger In the Land Q&A

Who wrote There’s Anger In the Land's ?

There’s Anger In the Land was written by Hedy West & Don West.

Who produced There’s Anger In the Land's ?

There’s Anger In the Land was produced by Albert Grossman & Milton Okun.

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