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Pete's Song: Links in the Chain
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Track 17 from GONNA RISE UP; featuring Jeff Taylor, Paul Chavis, Mike Dunbar, Razzy Bailey and the Nashville Session Players
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Top Nashville musicians and vocalists perform 21 songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-
Top Nashville musicians and session vocalists perform songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-war, poverty, health, taxation, immigration, environmental, social security privatization, gun control, negative effects of neo-con and religious 'right' agendas, etc. Genres include country, blues, rock, folk, R&B soul, pop, Native USA, bluegrass, Americana, Southern Rock, Rock-a-Billy and alternative.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #348
Peak in subgenre #34
Author
Richard Aberdeen
Rights
2006 Freedom Tracks Music
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September 12, 2006
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MP3 4.0 MB • 128 kbps • 4:23
Story behind the song
DEDICATED TO: Joan Baez, Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers; “Don’t let the light go out”. * Based on lyrics from songs performed by Pete Seeger: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" by Pete Seeger (1961); "Lonesome Valley", traditional; "If I Had A Hammer" by Lee Hays & Pete Seeger (1949); "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie (1956); “Gates of Eden” by Bob Dylan (1965); "Turn, Turn, Turn" adapted from Ecclesiastes by Pete Seeger (1954); “We Shall Overcome” adapted by Pete Seeger from “I Will Overcome”, traditional and "Lonesome Valley", traditional--and as performed by Joan Baez, “Swing Lo, Sweet Chariot”, traditional--also based on titles of song collections: Sing Out (1996) Seeds: Pete Seeger and Friends (2003) and Link In The Chain (1996) and on the Vision of Isaiah, prophet of peace; you can bet neo-convict's malfeasant collective asses, we ain’t gonna study war no more (“Swing Low”).
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Swing lo, oh, sweet chariot Comin’ for to carry me home Swing lo, oh, sweet chariot Comin’ for to carry me on home. . . Now, where have all our heroes gone Long time passing, long ago? Since ’68 there’s scarce been one Comin’ for to carry me on home We got’ta walk that lonesome valley River’s deep, the water is wide Ain’t nobody else can walk it for you or me Comin’ for to carry me on home If I had a hammer and liberty bell to ring Comin’ for to carry me on home I’d ring an’ hammer all day ‘till peace an’ freedom reign Comin’ for to carry me on home You know, they say this land was made for you an’ me Rainbow red, brown, yellow, black an’ white Sing out love for each other if you want it to be free Comin’ for to carry me on home Plant seeds of justice in songs of freedom Comin’ for to carry me on home From Jerusalem on to the gates of Eden Comin’ for to carry me on home Well, there’s no doubt, someday we shall overcome And we know love will remain An unbroken circle, links in the chain Comin’ for to carry me on home Gonna turn swords into tools to feed the poor Truth and justice will fill the land There’s gonna be peace on earth, lion gonna lay down with the lamb Comin’ for to carry me on home Yeah, there’s a time, time for every season And we’re gonna turn, turn, turn Pete sketched out the lesson, by God we’re gonna learn Comin’ for to carry me on home Swing lo, sweet chariot Comin’ for to carry me on home Swing lo, sweet chariot Comin’ for to carry me on home ‘Till the human rights battle is won and at long last we’ve overcome Comin’ for to carry me on home
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