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"...that he fought so we'll be free."

"That he fought, we'll be free.

Yeah, free!"

"Hey, look-a yonder,

tell me what's that you see..."

"...marching to the

fields of Birmingham?"

"Looks like Handsome Johnny with

his hand rolled in a fist..."

"...marching to the Birmingham war."

"Hey, marching to the Birmingham war."

"Hey, what's the use

of singing this song?"

"Some of you are not even listening."

"Tell me what it is we've got to do?"

"Wait for the bombs to start whistling?"

"Wait for the blitz to start blitzing?"

"Here comes a hydrogen bomb..."

"...and here comes a guided missile."

"Here comes a hydrogen bomb..."

"...I cannot hear it whistle!"

"I can almost hear its whistle,

yeah, yeah, yeah!"

There are a hundred million

songs going to be sung tonight.

All of them are going to be

singing about the same thing...

...which I hope everybody who

came, came to hear, really.

And it's all about you, actually.

And me and everybody around this stage

and everybody that hasn't gotten here.

And the people who are going

to read about you tomorrow.

And how really groovy you were.

All over the world.

If you can dig where that's at.

That's really where it's really at.

Guitar mike, please.

"Freedom! Freedom!"

"Sometimes I feel like

a motherless child..."

"...a long way from home."

"Yeah, yeah, Lord..."

"...singing freedom! Freedom!"

"Sometimes I feel like

I'm almost gone..."

"...a long, long, long

way, way from home."

"Clap your hands!"

"I've got a telephone in my bosom..."

"...and I can call

him up from my heart."

"I've got a telephone in my bosom..."

"...and I can call him

up from my heart..."

"...when I need my brother!"

"When I need my father! "

"Mother!"

"Sister!"

"When I need my brother!"

"Brother! Hey! Mother! "

"Mr. Richie Havens."

What better way to start than

with the beautiful "Richie Havens."

It's worth it.

Just to see the lights

go on last night, man!

Just to see the people stand up,

man, it makes it worth it.

I mean, I feel there will be people,

you know...

...there are people out there

that really don't dig it.

Very few of them.

But you know, it really is to

the point where it's just a family, man.

All box office people please

go to the main box office.

We don't need it any more.

Somebody unplugged the lines, man.

Let's have a hot mike.

Number two, number three.

You are not giving the world's

greatest three day freebee!

Okay, there's only one way to do it.

There's a way to do it, man.

There is no way.

The only way to do it is

to get into a rap with...

It's okay. Come here. Come here.

This is one thing I was going to wait

a while before we talked about it.

But maybe we'll talk about it now so

you can think about it.

It's a free concert from now on!

That doesn't mean that anything goes.

What that means is...

...we're going to put the

music up here for free.

What it means is that the people

who are backing this thing...

...who put up the money for it,

are going to take a bit of a bath.

A big bath. There's no hype, that's

true. They're going to get hurt.

But what it means is that these

people have it in their heads...

...that your welfare is a hell

of a lot more important...

...and so is the music, than a dollar.

Look, when they hook the electricity up,

a great jolt runs all the way through here.

If you've got the ticket,

you disconnect the circuit and...

...otherwise you disintegrate.

Wendy and Mayar... , Maynard...

...from Fair Lawn, please meet

Jill in front of the stage.

George has a slight problem.

He broke his arm.

Oh, it's on Forty-second Street. Tiny Tim

used to sing there. Did you know that?

Under the name of Robert, uh, Love.

Larry Love!

Could I get the picture, too?

Oh, yes. Toot too, too, too.

Tell me, little girl, what's your name?

My name is Beth Riley, and what's yours?

My name is Hugh.

How do you do? My name is Sue.

I'll see you around.

Ah, here they come, here they come.

My name is Hugh Romney. I'm with the

Hog Farm. And I'm working on a scene.

Some people call it bum trips. I don't

think there is such a thing as a bum trip.

We're working with hobo voyages.

A half an hour after we release anybody

from our section...

...we turn them into doctors...

...and they care for people that were

tripping like they were when they came in.

Now people have been saying that

some of this acid is poison.

It's not poison, it's just bad acid.

It's manufactured poorly.

If you can find out who it is, we...

Anybody who thinks they've

taken some poison, forget it.

And if you feel like experimenting,

only take half a tab. Okay? Thank you.

You know, the Japanese

made that motorcycle.

The Japanese affected that

thing over there...

...with the yellow robes,

or the Indian.

Really does a lot for the music

that motorcycle.

Who's on?

A guy named Bert Sommers.

I think Timmy Hardin is going on next.

So the order of everything

just went kaplooey?

You're closing tonight, honey.

Maybe there'll be

a few more people here by then.

I don't like a puny gathering like this.

I'd like to sing you a song that is one of

my husband, David's, favorite songs.

And let me just tell you

that he is fine. And...

...and we're fine too.

And David was just shifted

from the county jail...

...which is very much of a drag,

to Federal prison...

...which is kind of like

a big summer camp...

...after you've been

in county jail long enough.

See I just, just now got a letter.

I have it with me. About the trip from the

county jail. Manacles on his legs...

...and his arms manacled to his belt.

Well, I mean, it's all worth writing about.

He doesn't care, you know.

And there's only one time that...

...where the first time he felt afraid

in the whole thing, was a couple of...

...I guess guards, or something,

they started talking very loud.

And he started saying...

...talking about the last draft case

that they had been through...

...and "that motherf***er," and "we'll

get you, motherf***er," you know?

He just prayed a little bit harder.

He wouldn't do anything anyhow, but

it's not a very comfortable feeling.

But nothing has happened.

Anyway, this is, this

is an organizing song.

And I'm, I was happy to find out that...

...after David had been in jail

for two and a half weeks...

...he already had a very,

very good hunger strike...

...going on with forty-two

federal prisoners...

...none of whom were draft people.

"I dreamed I saw Joe

Hill last night..."

"...alive as you and me."

"Sez l, 'But Joe,

you're ten years dead!"'

"'I never died, ' said he."

"'The copper bosses

killed you, Joe!"'

"'They shot you, Joe, ' says I."

"'Takes more than guns

to kill a man'..."

"Says Joe, 'I didn't die!"'

"And standing there as big as life..."

"...and smiling with his eyes."

"Says Joe, 'What they

can never kill,"

"...went on to organize."'

"From San Diego up to Maine..."

"...in every mine and mill..."

"...where working men

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