Part 2 Build the Road to Peace arranged by Paul Halley

This song is chosen for HMD because the message of respecting and embracing diversities and promoting equalities is highlighted by Cambridge City Council as the value communicated by the marking of Holocaust Memorial Day.

You may recognize the melody adapted from the very famous Ode to Joy; and in the Road To Peace we have lyrics composed by Paul Seeger, original melody by Beethoven, musical arrangement by Paul Halley.  

Lyrics for Road to Peace

Build the road of peace before us

Build it wide and deep and long

Speed the slow, remind the eager

Help the weak and guide the strong

None shall push aside another, none shall let another fall

Work beside me Sisters and Brothers

All for one and one for all

Build a house of peace together

Make the walls both firm and strong

May it be a place of welcome

Where all people may belong. 

Every creed and every culture

All-embracing human race

Let the peace of true forgiveness

Joy and blessings fill this place.