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Song title: Come on (the world is crying for freedom)


Come on (the world is crying for freedom) - Version 1

Well come on are you ready
The temperatures risin' and summer's comin' on
Well come on, go let 'em, get you ready now
Cause the time is right so let's get going
Come on, are you ready
Well the bells are ringing and the people are singing their songs
Won't you come on, don't you fear it
The world is crying for freedom, can't you hear it

Gather up children
And go down to the riverside
Teach them well, show them good
They go no reason to hide

Gather up children
And go down to the riverside
Teach them well, show them good
They go no reason to hide

Come on, gotta be ready now
Time has come, I want to sing a new song
Come on, don't you fear it
The world is crying for freedom
The world is crying for freedom
Can't you hear it

Notes: Two pretty identical versions exist, with some minor differences in the last verse.


Come on (the world is crying for freedom) - Version 2

Well come on are you ready
The temperatures risin' and summer's comin' on
Well come on, go let 'em, get you ready now
Cause the time is right so let's get going
Come on, are you ready
Well the bells are ringing and the people are singing their songs
Won't you come on, don't you fear it
The world is crying for freedom, can't you hear it

Gather up children
And go down to the riverside
Teach them well, show them good
They go no reason to hide

Gather up children
And go down to the riverside
Teach them well, show them good
They go no reason to hide

Come on, ya gotta be a man now
I wanna see ya
I wanna see ya raise you hands now
Come on, don't ya fear it
The world is cryin' for freedom
The world is cryin' for freedom
Don't ya hear it

Notes: Two pretty identical versions exist, with some minor differences in the last verse.


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This song has never been published on any official release.

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 23/05/1970 Vcu Gym, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 13/06/1970 Ocean Ice Palace, Bricktown,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 17/07/1970 Sunshine In, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
 - 14/08/1970 7Th And Marshall Street Parking, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period

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First known live performance: 23/05/1970 Vcu Gym, Richmond,VA ,USA
Last known live performance: 14/08/1970 7Th And Marshall Street Parking, Richmond,VA ,USA

Song 'history':

During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 4 time(s) during the Child/Steel Mill period. .
Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.

Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database