Revels RiverSing 2014 Lyrics
This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land,
From California to the New York island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream water,
This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway,
I saw below me that golden valley;
This land was made for you and me.
I’ve roamed and rambled and I followed my
footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts,
And all around me a voice was sounding,
“This land was made for you and me.”
When the sun came shining and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds
rolling,
As the fog was lifting, a voice was chanting,
“This land was made for you and me.”
The Water Is Wide
The water is wide, I cannot cross o’er,
Neither have I the wings to fly;
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I.
A ship there is, and she sails the seas,
She's loaded deep, as deep can be,
But not as deep as the love I’m in;
I know not if I sink or swim.
I leaned my back against an oak,
Thinking it was a trusty tree,
But first it bent, and then it broke,
Just as my love proved false to me.
O love is handsome and love is kind,
Gay as a jewel when first it’s new –
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like the morning dew.
Nobody living can ever stop me
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can make me turn back;
This land was made for you and me.
Summertime (Dubose Heyward and George
Gershwin)
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy,
Fish are jumpin’, and the cotton is high.
O your pappy’s rich,
and your mammy’s good-lookin’,
So hush little baby, don’t you cry.
I’ll Fly Away
Some bright morning when this life is o’er,
I’ll fly away.
To the land on God's celestial shore,
I’ll fly away.
One of these mornings,
you’re going to rise up singin’
Then you’ll spread your wings,
and you’ll take to the sky.
Until that mornin’ there ain’t nothin’ can harm you,
With mammy and pappy standin’ by.
Chorus:
I’ll fly away, O glory, I’ll fly away.
When I die, hallelujah, by and by, I’ll fly away.
When the shadows of this life have grown, ...
Like a bird that prison bars has flown, ...
Chorus
Just a few more weary days and then ...
To a land where joys will never end, ...
Chorus
Lift Up Your Voice and Sing (Chris Thompson)
All you good people, lift up your voice and sing;
If you believe in tomorrow,
lift up your voice and sing.
If you can keep your eyes on
(lift up your voice and sing)
The hope on the horizon, lift up your voice and sing.
Because when we sing together, we dream together,
This sound can make a difference,
this song can remind us
That we can live together.
Down the River I Go, Uncle Joe
Eighteen pounds of meat a week
and cotton for to sell,
How can a young man stay at home
when the pretty girls look so well?
Down the river I go, Uncle Joe, down the river I go.
Down the river I go, Uncle Joe, down the river I go.
If I had a needle and thread and find that I could sew,
I’d sew that pretty girl to my coat
and down the river go.
Down the river I go, Uncle Joe…
Going up a mountain for to give my horn a blow;
Thought I heard that pretty girl sing,
down the river I go.
Down the river I go, Uncle Joe…
A horse and buggy to carry me around
and down the river I go;
Little feet won’t touch the ground
and down the river I go.
River, take me along in your sunshine, sing me a song
Ever moving, and winding and free;
You rolling old river, you changing old river,
Let’s you and me, river, run down to the sea.
I’ve been to the city and back again,
I’ve been moved by some things that I’ve learned;
Met a lot of good people and I’ve called them friends
Felt the change when the seasons turned.
I’ve heard all the songs that the children sing,
And listened to love’s melodies;
I’ve felt my own music within me rise
Like the wind in the autumn trees.
Chorus
Someday when the flowers are blooming still
Someday when the grass is still green
My rolling waters will round the bend
And flow into the open sea.
So here’s to the rainbow that’s followed me here,
And here’s to the friends that I know;
And here’s to the song that’s within me now
I will sing it where’er I go.
Down the river I go, Uncle Joe…
Come along and go with me, down the river we go;
Carry me back to Tennessee, down the river I go.
Wade in the Water
Down the river I go, Uncle Joe…
Chorus:
Wade in the water, wade in the water, children,
Water in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water.
River (Bill Staines)
I was born in the path of the winter wind,
I was raised where the mountains are old.
Their springtime waters came dancing down,
And I remember the tales they told.
Who are those children all dressed in red?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the children that Moses led,
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Chorus
The whistling ways of my younger days
Too quickly have faded on by,
But all of their memories linger on
Like the light in a fading sky.
Who are those children all dressed in white?...
Must be a band of Israelites…
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Who are those children all dressed in black?...
Must be the hypocrites turning back…
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Shenandoah
O Shenandoah, I long to see you,
Away, you rollin’ river.
O Shenandoah, I long to see you.
Away, I’m bound away
‘Cross the wide Missouri.
O Shenandoah, I love your daughter,
Away, you rollin’ river.
O Shenandoah, I love your daughter,
Away, I’m bound away
‘Cross the wide Missouri.
O Shenandoah, I’m bound to leave you,
Away, you rollin’ river.
O Shenandoah, I’ll not deceive you,
Away, I’m bound away
‘Cross the wide Missouri.
For seven years, I’ve been a rover,
Away, you rollin’ river.
But I’ll return to be your lover,
Away, I’m bound away
‘Cross the wide Missouri.
Down by the River Side
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside, (3x)
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside,
And study war no more.
I ain’t gonna study war no more, (6x)
Down in the river to pray.
O brothers,…fathers,…mothers,…sinners,…
The Sun Will Never Go Down
The sun will never go down, go down,
The sun will never go down.
Chorus
The flowers are blooming forever;
The sun will never go down, go down.
Don't you feel like singing sometimes, sometimes,
Yes, I feel like singing sometimes.
Chorus
Don't you feel like shouting sometimes, sometimes,
Yes, I feel like shouting sometimes.
Chorus
Don't you feel like praying sometimes, sometimes,
Yes, I feel like singing sometimes.
Chorus
The sun will never go down, go down,
The sun will never go down.
Chorus
Rowing Down the River (David Coffin)
Well, the River Charles is not so wide;
Rowing up, rowing down,
She’s got a little current but not much tide
To go rowing down the river.
When the Saints Go Marching In
CHORUS
Rowing up, rowing down,
From Hopkinton to Charlestown;
You can’t go straight so meander ’round
To go rowing down the river.
And when the sun refuse to shine…
Harvard, M.I.T., B.U.,
Rowing up, rowing down,
You gotta regatta so join the crew
To go rowing down the river.
Gonna put on my long white robe,…starry
crown,…golden shoes,…
O when the saints go marching in, (2x)
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in.
O when the trumpet sounds the call…
Down in the River to Pray
As I went down in the river to pray,
Studyin’ about that good ol’ way,
And who shall wear the starry crown?
Good Lord, show me the way.
O sisters, let’s go down,
Let’s go down, come on down?
O sisters, let’s go down,
Singles, pairs, fours and eights…
Get up early, do not be late…
Keep an eye out, mind your scull…
Mighty long oars for a narrow hull…
92 bridges and 24 dams...
That’s why a coxswain’s a mighty good plan...
The Charles River Conservancy...
Keeping it clean for you and me...
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie (Huddie Ledbetter)
Bring me little water, Sylvie, bring me little water now;
Bring me little water, Sylvie, every little once in a while.
Bring it in a bucket, Sylvie, bring it in a bucket now;
Bring it in a bucket, Sylvie, every little once in a while.
Don’t you see me comin’? don’t you see me now?
Don’t you see me comin’ every little once in a while?
Gettin’ mighty thirsty, Sylvie, gettin’ mighty thirsty now;
Gettin’ mighty thirsty, Sylvie, every little once in a while.
Sylvie come a-runnin’, Sylvie come right now;
Sylvie come a-runnin’ every little once in a while.
Clearwater (Chris & Meredith Thompson)
When we raise the white sail in the autumn air,
Everyone will know what it means;
And the Clearwater goes where the Hudson flows,
By the Catskills and down to the sea.
Chorus (2x):
And the wind and the tide will be our guide,
And the wind and tide will be.
From the sea to the sky, from the clouds to the rain,
Every drop of water will fall again,
And the Clearwater goes where the Hudson flows,
By the Catskills and down to the sea.
Chorus
Some may search deep below for trunks of gold,
But the sun on the water is treasure to me,
And the Clearwater goes where the Hudson flows,
By the Catskills and down to the sea.
Chorus
Harvest Moon (Chris & Meredith Thompson)
Down where the river flows,
down where the corn grows,
Sing to the harvest moon, sing to the harvest moon.
Black feathered crows fly, shadows against the sky;
Sing to the harvest moon, sing to the harvest moon.
Standing among the worn yellow and weathered corn,
Sing to the harvest moon, sing to the harvest moon.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Chorus:
Swing low, sweet chariot, comin’ for to carry me home.
(2x)
I looked over Jordan, and what did I see,
comin’ for to carry me home?
A band of angels coming after me,
comin’ for to carry me home.
Chorus
If you get there before I do,
comin’ for to carry me home,
Tell all my friends that I’m comin’ there too,
comin’ for to carry me home
Chorus
Swing Down, Chariot
Chorus:
Why don’t you swing down, chariot,
stop and let me ride? (2x)
Rock me, Lord, rock me, Lord, calm and easy,
I’ve got a home on the other side.
Well, Ezekiel went down in the middle of the field,
He saw an angel workin’ on a chariot wheel.
He wasn’t so particular ’bout the chariot wheel,
He just want to see how the chariot feels.
Well, Ezekiel went down and he got on board,
The chariot wheel a-bumpin’ on down that old road.
He wasn’t so particular ’bout the bumpin’ of the road,
He just want to lay down his heavy load.
River Hymn (George Emlen)
Refrain:
Now I walk in beauty, beauty is before me;
Beauty is behind me, above and below me.
O river, take us onward from the mountains to the sea;
O sing the gentle verses of your endless melody.
O summer, fare thee well, you know we
have to let you go;
We’ll hold you in our memories
through the winter’s cold and snow.
The green gives way to crimson
as the summer yields to fall;
The mists are in the valleys,
you can hear the wild geese call.
The beauty of our planet as she spins around the sun;
The mystery of our seasons as the autumn is begun.
The days are ever shorter with the dying of the light;
We celebrate the autumn as the day slips into night.