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From Jenin
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Palestinian residents of Jenin camp defend their homes.
Political/personal songs since the 1960s -- killer ballads, working-class anthems, political satire. Fred's twelve-string guitar can be anything from a blues ba
Fred Stanton’s songs (along with his lumberjack voice and jumbo 12-string guitar) embody the political folk-singing tradition. Fred has been an industrial worker (a welder of oilfield equipment; an electronic assembler; and a railroad electrician, hostler and brakeperson) as well as a political organizer and union activist. This life is at the heart of his songsmoving, personal ballads, rollicking satires, and working-class anthems. Fred has been singing in concerts, union rallies and political protests since the 1960s. His union songs celebrate the struggles of strikers at Peabody Coal, poultry processing workers in North Carolina, and strawberry pickers in California. And his "Singing Cars," a Bronx salute to car alarms, has been featured on NPR’s "Car Talk" show. Newest songs include “Five-Dollar Coal,” which is the story of miners in Utah fighting for a union.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #156
Peak in subgenre #38
Author
Fred Stanton
Rights
Copyright © 2002 by Fred Stanton
Uploaded
May 10, 2004
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MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Lyrics
From Jenin From Jenin, we can see the fields, Across the Green Line, where grandpa was born. Olives and oranges, shimmering and unreal, Our land is a prisoner of war. Chorus: From Jenin, we can see it all, From Jenin, behind the wire and the walls, From Jenin we can dream of home. In this camp, this neighborhood, We learn our lessons and live our lives. Sand and soldiers, the smell of blood, The taste of dust and lies. (Chorus) Here they come, covering the sun, Israel’s apaches, American made. Tanks and armor, they think we’ll run, But Jenin is here to stay. (Chorus) With ancient rifles, home-made grenades, Molotov cocktails, booby-trapped streets, Friends and neighbors pick off invaders, We lose a hundred, they lose 23. (Chorus) Are they heroes or a new Gestapo, When they shell the houses of an Arab town? Ten days of battle, our Warsaw Ghetto, Is leveled, bulldozed down. (Chorus) We have no houses, but we are not homeless, We have no weapons, but we still can fight, We have a vision, we have a purpose, From Jenin, the future is bright. (Chorus)
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