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Thread #166487 Message #4003915
Posted By: mg
10-Aug-19 - 02:50 AM
Thread Name: Post tragedy songs
Subject: RE: Post tragedy songs
here is something obviously based on the australian song..i don't like when people do this and i don't know if they would hate me doing this...should put a new tune and chorus to it. couldn't help it...just jumped on to it. in english..
We fled the persecution churches had us in their grip We gathered our provisions and staggered on the ship We prospered on the Hudson were the sturdiest of men And would sometimes get a longing to see Leiden once again
I am a migrant worker i’m the owner of the bank I’m a doctor a policeman and my parents are to thank They came in stealth and darkness and crossed the rio grande And raised their many children to love and serve this land
I am an old welsh miner digging deep into the ground When the cages bring us to the top nobody wants us round We are homely we are dirty but our hearts can still be stirred Some day we’ll be in office and our voices will be heard
I was born on this plantation and my family all was lost And for many generations we have paid a deadly cost They say that we’re genteel but I say we’re just damn poor Some day we’ll find the silver and I know that for sure
We’re the ones who walked with joseph on that long and dusty road We’re the keepers of the salmon We’re the breakers of the code We’re cherokee and metis we’re comanche we’re chinook They took our lands and rivers but that’s not all they took
My people were evicted and some were bought and sold My brain has brought me silver And my beauty is my gold I ’m arcadian and cajun i am creole and quadroon One day we’ll all be equal and that day can’t come too soon