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25 Mar 07 - 04:21 AM (#2006449) Subject: Lyr Add: abolition of the slave transportation From: Red and White Rabbit Les challenged me to write this song especially for this occassion 18 months ago. I now over in Hull they have been planning for this 200 year anniversary for some time Am I not a man and a brother (for William Wiberforce) Chorus Am I not a man and a brother Take your stand help abolish this trade Another day amongst the sugar Fourteen hours, lonely hours Cutting cane Film cast o're the eyes of mankind Norris evidence has made you blind Help us, please help us be saved. Dance to the tune of the Whip Release us from the transporters grip Once a freeman, now I am a slave Such misery in such little room Shackeles ringing our slavery's tune Torn at night from my kin and my home Stand ere them so no other Steals a child from its mother To face disease, death or fate unknown Wilberforce pleace hear our call Tell our story in your parliament halls To wise men who sanctified the trade Merchants you cannot know Your riches from misery grow Is it your God given right to make men slaves Your were your peoples choice You were my peoples voice Gent of joy on the side of right You were my peoples voice Lost much you had no choice Twenty years is a long time to fight Wilberforce this negro gold Each child and adult bought and sold Out of many one people now stand July 1834 800,000 free once more Man's reminder a hand held out to hand © S Haithwaite August 2005 |
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25 Mar 07 - 08:27 AM (#2006573) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: abolition of the slave trade From: Linda Kelly Sue I always love your lyrics and we do have an uncanny knack of writing about the same things -look forward to hearing this live! |
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25 Mar 07 - 09:44 AM (#2006613) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: abolition of the slave trade From: Les from Hull Thanks for posting this Sue. Here's a link to Wilberforce 2007 |