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Q (Frank Staplin)	Origins:We're Gonna Move When the Spirit Says Move (19)	ADD: We're Gonna Move When the Spirit Says Move	18 Feb 07
We're Gonna Move When the Spirit Says Move Civil Rights version We're gonna (C)move when the spirit says move! We're gonna move when the spirit says (C7)move! 'Cause when the (F)spirit says move Then you (G7) move with the (C)spirit We're gonna move when the (G7)spirit says (C)move We're gonna sing, etc. We're gonna march, etc. We're gonna talk, etc. p. 305, Fred and Irwin Silber, 1973, Folksinger's Wordbook, Oak Publications. Traditional Ballad Index entry: We're Gonna Move When the Spirit Says Move DESCRIPTION: "We're gonna move when the Spirit says move (x2), Cause when the Spirit says move, Then you move with the Spirit; We're gonna move." Similarly, "We're gonna singe when the Spirit says sing." "We're gonna talk" "We're gonna march" AUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1973 KEYWORDS: political religious nonballad FOUND IN: REFERENCES (1 citation): Silber-FSWB, p. 305, "We're Gonna Move When The Spirit Says Move" (1 text) Roud #12302 NOTES: Listed in the Folksinger's Wordbook as a Civil Rights song, though I've met it as a sort of religious playparty. - RBW `File: FSWB305` Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Song List Go to the Ballad Index Instructions Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography The Ballad Index Copyright 2016 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle.

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