"Freedom Arise!" genre: Musicals/Broadway
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	The rousing "theme song" from the musical John Paul Jones, by Julian Wagstaff. This number appears near the top of Act II and is sung by Jones, Ben Franklin, Countess Nicolson and the Company at the Palace of Versailles, France.
	CD: John Paul Jones - Original 2001 Cast and Orchestra Recording   Label: Julian Wagstaff / Freed Records (www.thefreedomcompany.co.uk) Credits: Music and lyrics by Julian Wagstaff. Performed by James Dickson, Jane C. Young, John Mills and The Freedom Company with the Paul Jones Orchestra conducted by Simon Hanson.
	Story Behind the Song The revolutionary hero John Paul Jones has just been knighted a Chevalier by King Louis 16th of France. He feels the weight of history upon him, but is also aware of how far he has come from his childhood as a gardener's son in Scotland. He feels torn between the shouts of the common people outside the palace, and the pomp and circumstance of the palace and its occupants. During this number Jones is presented with a choice, and the choice he makes is revealed at the end of the song. The orchestral and choral components were recorded in a concert hall in 4 takes. The solo vocals were added in the studio over three separate sessions. Lyrics NICOLSON & ARISTOCRATS: Who’d have thought a gardener’s boy would come this far? FRANKLIN: Who’d believe that we’d be standing where we are? JONES: Now I’ve arrived, I can feel I’m alive And no-one’s out of reach and nothing’s safe No song is ever sung Till the game is won And war is over NICOLSON & ARISTOCRATS: Can you hear the English guns are silent now? FRANKLIN: Sailors tell their stories to the oceans now JONES & FRANKLIN: Carry a flame for the right we proclaim Our banner ever bold shall never fail The sons who rose and fought and fell At Saratoga JONES: Freedom arise! Glistening prize! Heroes’ story Peoples’ glory Nations awake Never forsake Liberté, Humanité NICOLSON & ARISTOCRATS: Can you hear the people in their shouts empower NICOLSON: The hero of the moment in his finest hour And how Every troubled soul Every fading heart Finds in him a part of a golden dawn Calling JONES, FRANKLIN AND CROWD: Freedom arise! Brightening skies Tyrants’ thunder Rent asunder Nations awake Never forsake Liberté, fraternité, égalité! FRANKLIN & CROWD SING: Freedom arise! Tyrrany lies Torn and chastened Peace has hastened Nations awake Never forsake Liberté, humanité, fraternité, égalité JONES: (to NICOLSON, sings) Can it be true? Can it be the world that I knew Is ending in you NICOLSON: Let it be so Let it be that all I require, all I desire BOTH: All I need is in my heart With you

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