Harriet Tubman
(source: "Rise Up Singing", Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, 1992.)
Thanks very much to Diana J., who e-mailed this song
to me!
- Last night I dreamed I lived in slavery
- 'Bout 1860 was the time
- Sorrow was the only sign
- Nothin' around to ease my mind
- Out of the night appeared a lady
- Leading a distant pilgrim band
- First mate she called pointing her hand
- Make room on board for this young woman...
Chorus (snapping to beat):
- Singin' come on up, mmmmmm, I've got a life line
- Come on up, to this train of mine
- Come on up, mmmmmm, I've got a life line
- Come on up, to this train of mine
- She said her name was Harriet Tubman
- And she drove for the underground railroad (4 beats snapped
out)
- Who are these people dressed in red
- They must be the ones that Moses led (2X)
- Hundreds of miles we traveled onward
- Gathering slaves from town to town
- Seeking every lost and found
- Setting those free that once were bound
- Somehow my heart was growing weaker
- I fell by wayside sinking sand
- Firmly did this lady stand
- Lifting me up and taking my hand
Then I awoke, no more I faltered
- Finding new strength in paths we're shown
- Sisters and brothers fleeing their homes
- History, their people, all they've known
- And they are fleeing their homes in Guatemala
- Chile, Brazil, El Salvador
- Fleeing from the prisons and war
- Through the night and to our door
- Will we sing come on up...