Let Freedom Ring
Anyway, with the nation’s 250th birthday coming on, I decided to rework the poem into an actual song and fix all the problems. Any awkwardness can be chalked up to the fact that I tried to keep the flow and character of the original as much as possible. And here it is!
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In seventy-six a bell was rung,
To sound a call to every tongue.
Its music tolled o’er land and sea,
And raised the cry of Liberty.
A paper signed by fearless men,
Declared we’d not be owned again;
And loud and clear that iron swung,
To tell the tale of war begun.Let tyrants never build their tow’rs
In this New Land, for it is ours!
We’ll proudly stand, we’ll boldly sing,
For all our days: “Let Freedom Ring!”A preacher rose to lead the prayer:"
Oh Father, Who art everywhere,
Bless all who dwell upon this shore
And seek for freedom evermore.
Oh let this bell forever sound,
To spread its glory all around.
Give us the strength to stand and fight,
To guard the truth and keep the light."Let tyrants never build their tow’rs
In this New Land, for it is ours!
We’ll proudly stand, we’ll boldly sing,
For all our days: “Let Freedom Ring!”The crowded square fell still and cold,
As high above the metal tolled.
The fledgling states were called to fight,
To bring their liberty to light.
The price was paid, the pain endured,
Until their freedom was secured;
The drums and bugles ceased their roar,
But freedom rings forevermore.Let tyrants never build their tow’rs
In this New Land, for it is ours!
We’ll proudly stand, we’ll boldly sing,
For all our days: “Let Freedom Ring!”Through every mountain, every dell,
We hear the mighty Liberty Bell.
The words to which we proudly cling,
Forever singing: “Let Freedom Ring!”
Words & Music Copyright ©️ 2026 by Robert Ritter
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