I've Been Up On the Mountain

Steve Suffet – Acoustic Folk Artist

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The Passover story, old-time country style. Words & music by Steve Suffet. Back-up vocals by Jody Kolodzey, Joel Landy, and Eric Levine. Fiddle solo by Gina Tlamsa.

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Steve Suffet

Old fashioned folksinger in the People's Music tradition.

Born Stephen Lawrence Suffet in 1947, Steve Suffet is best described as an old fashioned folksinger. His repertoire is a mixture of railroad songs, trucker songs, cowboy songs, union songs, old time ballads, blues, ragtime, Gospel, bluegrass, topical-political songs, and whatever else tickles his fancy. He takes songs from whatever sources he wishes and then he sings them his own way, maybe rewriting the lyrics on the spot, flatting a 7th, or changing a major key to a mountain modal.Steve also writes his own songs, sometimes set to the tunes of traditional folk songs, but more often set to tunes he has composed in traditional styles.

Photo credit: Jody Kolodzey

"I've Been Up On the Mountain" by Steve Suffet is a Traditional Country production available on SoundClick. The arrangement reflects a careful attention to detail that rewards repeated listening. The track creates a listening experience that feels political music, folk rock and alt-country. It has reached the top 10 on the SoundClick Traditional Country chart, peaking at #3. SoundClick gives artists like Steve Suffet a platform to share original Traditional Country music with listeners around the world. This song is available as free download.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Traditional Country

Charts

Peak #19

Peak in subgenre #3

Author

Steve Suffet

Rights

Steve Suffet

Uploaded

September 04, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.8 MB • 128 kbps • 3:04 minutes

Story behind the song

I wrote this song to sing at a Passover seder.

Lyrics

I'VE BEEN UP ON THE MOUNTAIN
Words and music: Steve Suffet 

Start on chorus:
I've been up on the mountain and I've seen the land below,
It's a Land of Milk and Honey where we're gonna go,
Although I may not make it across the desert sand,
I've been up on the mountain and I've seen the Promised Land.

1.
Many, many years ago, back in Pharaoh's days,
There lived a man named Moses, by a princess he was raised,
He led the Hebrew children out of Egypt's land,
Then he climbed up on the mountain and he spied the Promised Land.

[repeat chorus]

2.
We toiled hard in Egypt from the moment we were born,
We've had enough of masters, their monuments we scorn,
But slavery's now behind us, we'll start our lives anew,
For I've been up on the mountain and I've seen a clear way through.

[repeat chorus]

3.
The prophets often told us of the day to come,
When the song of freedom will sound on every tongue,
But never will it happen till we take each other's hand,
And together climb the mountain till we find that Promised Land.

[repeat chorus twice]