I remember Brigitte Kindlimann from ’round 2004 or so, at my local in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. She had a rat on her shoulder. It was that same place, a bar called “Beatz”, where we started getting into things artsy and musical last year. A relentlessly creative spirit, mother of two, supporter of the arts and a digital media aficionado. Continue reading Brigitte Kindlimann
The song [wiki]No Woman No Cry[/wiki] first became known in 1974 through the studio album [wiki]Natty Dread[/wiki].
Get Up, Stand Up was written by [wiki]Bob Marley[/wiki] and [wiki]Peter Tosh[/wiki]. It originally appeared on The Wailers’ 1973 album Burnin’.
Andy Flinn sing this song on a Gm vamp….
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: dont give up the fight!
% Preacherman, dont tell me, %
Heaven is under the earth. %
% I know you dont know %
What life is really worth. % Its not
all that glitters is gold %
Alf the story has never been told. So
Now you see % the light % eh!
Stand up for % your rights %. come on!
Chorus
% Most % people think %
Great God will come from the sky %,
% Take away everything % and
Make everybody feel high %
% But if you know what life % is worth %
% You will look for yours on earth: And
Now you see % the light % You
Stand up for % your rights. % jah! %
Chorus
We sick an tired of-a your ism-skism game
Dyin n goin to heaven in-a jesus name, lord.
% We know when we understand %
% Almighty God is a living man % You can
Fool some people sometimes % But you
Can’t fool all the people all the time. So
Now we see % the light % We gonna
Stand up for % our rights!
Chorus
This song comes from the 1972 Movie [wiki]The Harder They Come[/wiki]…
By [wiki]Harry Belafonte[/wiki], see [wiki]Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)[/wiki]
| Verse | :E | E | E | E |
| E | E | B7 | E: | |
| Chorus | :E | E | B7 | B7 |
| (come Mr, Tallyman) | E | E | B7 | E: |
| Bridge | :E | E | B7 | A |
| (Day-O) | E | E | B7 | E: |
Continue reading Day-O (The Banana Boat Song, Harry Belafonte)
Where did this song come from? It was written originally in [wiki title=”Haitian_Creole”]Haitan Creole[/wiki] by [wiki title=”Michel_Mauléart_Monton”]Michel Mauléart Monton[/wiki], and called [wiki title=”Choucoune (song)”]Choucoune[/wiki]. English lyrics by [wiki title=”Alan_and_Marilyn_Bergman”]Alan and Marilyn Bergman[/wiki] Continue reading Yellow Bird (Monton/Bergman)
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