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Sea Green Singers - Harriet
Tubman - score and lyrics |
Harriet Tubman - Walter Robinson
arr. Kevin Hollands 1. One night I dreamed I was in slavery, 'Bout eighteen fifty was the time, Sorrow was the only sign, Nothing around to ease my mind. Out of the night appeared a lady, Leading a distant pilgrim band. "First mate," she yelled, pointing her hand, "Make room on board for this young person." Chorus: Singing: Come on up, mm mm mm, I got a lifeline, Come on up to this train of mine Come on up, mm mm mm, I got a lifeline, Come on up to this train of mine. She said her name was Harriet Tubman, And she drove for the underground railroad. |
2. Hundreds of miles we travelled onward,
Gathering slaves from town to town, |
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Harriet Tubman died on 13th March in 1913. Known as Moses to the more
than 300 slaves she helped find freedom, Tubman was a fighter for abolition
and women. 'The difference between us is very marked. Most that I have done and
suffered in the service of our cause has been in public, and I have
received much encouragement at every step of the way. You, on the other
hand, have labored in a private way. I have wrought in the day—you
in the night. … The midnight sky and the silent stars have been
the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism.' |
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