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Joe Offer	ADD: We Are Soldiers in the Army (1)	We Are Soldiers in the Army	31 Aug 15
This was one of the most important songs of the Black civil rights movement. I'm surprised it hasn't been posted here. http://www.folkways.si.edu/we-are-soldiers-army/african-american-struggle-protest/music/video/smithsonian WE ARE SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY (songwriter??) We Are Soldiers in the Army We are Soldiers in the army We have [got] to fight, although we have to cry We have to hold up the bloodstained [freedom] banner We have to hold it up until we die! My mother was a soldier She had her hand on the Gospel [freedom] plow But one day she got old, she couldn't fight anymore She said "I'll stand here & fight anyhow!" My father was a soldier / He had… (as v.1) I'm so glad that I'm a soldier / I've got my hand… One day I'll get old & can't fight anymore / & I'll… Well Mandela, he is a soldier / He's got his hands… He spent half of his life in prison But he kept on fighting anyhow I'm glad that we are soldiers / We've got our hands… We've spent half of our lives fighting for freedom But we'll stand here fighting anyhow ——trad. (gospel), new lyrics by Freedom Singers

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