Friday, May 23, 2008

SoNG: Were you there at Waterloo?

Were You There at Waterloo?
Alternative lyrics by Barbara Deming, sung to the tune of "Were you there at Hiroshima?" which in itself was a peace camp altered version of the Christian hymn, "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?"
 

Were you there on that bridge at Waterloo?
Were you there on that bridge at Waterloo?
Oh-oh-oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there on that bridge at Waterloo?

Were you there when we sat to prove our rights?
Were you there when we sat to prove our rights?
Oh-oh-oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when we sat to prove our rights?

Were you there when they yanked us off to jail?
Were you there when they yanked us off to jail?
Oh-oh-oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they yanked us off to jail?

Were you there when we made that jail our school?
Were you there when we made that jail our school?
Oh-oh-oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when we made that jail our school?

Were you there when wouldn’t pay their bail?
Were you there when wouldn’t pay their bail?
Oh-oh-oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when wouldn’t pay their bail?

Were you there when they had to set us free?
Were you there when they had to set us free?
Oh-oh-oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they had to set us free?

Were you there when we sang “I’ll not forget”?
Were you there when we sang “I’ll not forget”?
Oh-oh-oh sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when we sang “I’ll not forget”?

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