Who was the original singer/group?

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ListListen children to a story that was written long ago
'bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below.
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone
and the valley people swore they’d have it for their very own.

CHORUS: Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven–you can justify it in the end.
There won’t be any trumpets blowin’ come the judgement day
on the bloody morning after–one tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
asking for the buried treasure tons of gold for which they’d kill.
Came an answer from the kingdom “With our brothers we will
share all the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there.”

CHORUS: Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven–you can justify it in the end.
There won’t be any trumpets blowin’ come the judgement day
on the bloody morning after–one tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger mount your horses, draw your sword
and they killed the mountain people so they won their just reward.
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red
turned the stone and looked beneath it “Peace on earth” was all it said.

CHORUS: Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven–you can justify it in the end.
There won’t be any trumpets blowin’ come the judgement day
on the bloody morning after–one tin soldier rides away.
 
That song is by Maureen McGovern. Do a Google search. You’ll come up with a lot on her.
 
I lilke the song. My hubby used to sing it to our kids sometimes. I haven’t heard it in a long time, though.
 
I believe it was the theme song for a 1973 movie called “Billy Jack.” It was quite popular when I came back to the US in September of that year.
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It was originally sung by a group called “Coven.”

I remember singing it a cappella in a Pentecostal church on youth talent day and the organist chastised me for bringing that filthy song into the church.

I was 14 - I thought it had a beautiful message, but she apparently took it personally.

Oh well.

Elizabeth
 
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Liberian:
I believe it was the theme song for a 1973 movie called “Billy Jack.” It was quite popular when I came back to the US in September of that year.
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Yes. It was from the movie Billy Jack. Wow. That was a blast from the past!🙂
 
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