Well I read in the paper
Just the other day
The freedom fighters
They are on their way
They are coming by bus and an airplane too
They would even walk if you would asked them to
So governor Wallace, oh yeah
You never can jail us all
Governor Wallace, oh yeah
Segregation is bound to fall
Just the other day
The freedom fighters
They are on their way
They are coming by bus and an airplane too
They would even walk if you would asked them to
So governor Wallace, oh yeah
You never can jail us all
Governor Wallace, oh yeah
Segregation is bound to fall
inviata da Dead End - 31/10/2012 - 10:55
Lingua: Inglese
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Subject: Origins: Oh, Wallace (James Orange)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Jan 19 - 04:40 PM
Somebody emailed me and asked what tune James Orange used for "Oh, Wallace." The Sing For Freedom Songbook (Oak Publications, page 264), says words & music ©James Orange, 1968, so I dunno. Can't say I've ever heard the tune other than in this song.
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Subject: Origins: Oh, Wallace (James Orange)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Jan 19 - 04:40 PM
Somebody emailed me and asked what tune James Orange used for "Oh, Wallace." The Sing For Freedom Songbook (Oak Publications, page 264), says words & music ©James Orange, 1968, so I dunno. Can't say I've ever heard the tune other than in this song.
OH, WALLACE - James Orange – (1942-2008 )
CHORUS
Oh Wallace, you never can jail us all... . all... . all,
Oh Wallace, segregation’s bound to fall - da da dada dada da-da-da-da-da-da dada dada dada
I read in the paper da da dada dada
Just the other day da da dada dada
That freedom fighters etc..
Are on their way
They’re coming by bus
And airplane too
They’ll even walk
If you ask them to.
Don't you worry about
Going to jail
‘Cause Martin Luther King
Will go your bail
He’ll get you out
Right on time
Put you back
On the picket-line.
I don’t want no mess
I don’t want no jive
And I want my freedom
In sixty-five
Listen Jim Clark*
You can hear this plea
You can lock us in the house
You can throw away the key.
Now I’m no preacher
But I can tell
You’ve got to straighten up
Or you’re bound for hell
You can tell Wilson Baker *
And Al Lingo*
That the people in Selma
Won't take no mo'
Well this is the message
I want you to hear
You know I want my freedom
And I want it this year
So you can tell Jim Clark
And all those state guys too
I'm gonna have my freedom
And there’s nothing they can do.
You can push me around
You can throw me away
But I still want freedom
And I want it every day
You can tell Jim Clark
And Al Lingo
It’s time for them
To end Jim Crow.
Route Eighty*
Is the way we’ll come
I know them boys will have
A lot of fun
You might see black
And a few whites too
They’re looking for freedom
Like me and you.
I saw James Orange
Just the other day
He was getting ready
To be on his way
He had a white shirt on
And some blue jeans
Just come on to Eighty
You’ll see what we mean.
You know Jack and Jill * went up the hill
And Jill came down with the Civil Rights Bill
Don't want no shuckin' *, don't want no jive *
Gonna get my freedom in sixty-five.
CHORUS
Oh Wallace, you never can jail us all... . all... . all,
Oh Wallace, segregation’s bound to fall - da da dada dada da-da-da-da-da-da dada dada dada
I read in the paper da da dada dada
Just the other day da da dada dada
That freedom fighters etc..
Are on their way
They’re coming by bus
And airplane too
They’ll even walk
If you ask them to.
Don't you worry about
Going to jail
‘Cause Martin Luther King
Will go your bail
He’ll get you out
Right on time
Put you back
On the picket-line.
I don’t want no mess
I don’t want no jive
And I want my freedom
In sixty-five
Listen Jim Clark*
You can hear this plea
You can lock us in the house
You can throw away the key.
Now I’m no preacher
But I can tell
You’ve got to straighten up
Or you’re bound for hell
You can tell Wilson Baker *
And Al Lingo*
That the people in Selma
Won't take no mo'
Well this is the message
I want you to hear
You know I want my freedom
And I want it this year
So you can tell Jim Clark
And all those state guys too
I'm gonna have my freedom
And there’s nothing they can do.
You can push me around
You can throw me away
But I still want freedom
And I want it every day
You can tell Jim Clark
And Al Lingo
It’s time for them
To end Jim Crow.
Route Eighty*
Is the way we’ll come
I know them boys will have
A lot of fun
You might see black
And a few whites too
They’re looking for freedom
Like me and you.
I saw James Orange
Just the other day
He was getting ready
To be on his way
He had a white shirt on
And some blue jeans
Just come on to Eighty
You’ll see what we mean.
You know Jack and Jill * went up the hill
And Jill came down with the Civil Rights Bill
Don't want no shuckin' *, don't want no jive *
Gonna get my freedom in sixty-five.
* Note:
- Jim Clark - Sheriff of Dallas County , Alabama
- Wilson Baker - Sheriff in Selma , Alabama
- Al Lingo - Head of State Troopers
- Route Eighty – Autostrada che attraversa gli stati del sud Texas,Louisiana,Mississippi , Alabama e Georgia da Savannah (GA) a Dallas ( TX ) passando per Montgomery (AL)
- Jack and Jill - personaggi di filastrocche per bambini
-shuckin'/jive :
to shuck (v.) lett."rimuovere le bucce" ( 1819 )
correlato a shuck (n.), shucked; shucker; shucking.
Jive (n.) :"discorso vuoto e fuorviante;"
Molte estensioni di senso gergali negli Stati Uniti derivano dalla nozione di "spogliare" un chicco di mais, o dalle capriole associate alle feste di sgranatura; come ad esempio "spogliarsi dei vestiti" (1848) e "ingannare, truffare, imbrogliare" (1959). La frase "shucking and jiving" che corrisponde a "fooling, deceiving" è suggerita dal 1966, nel vernacolo afroamericano, ma shuck (v.) nel gergo di "musicisti cool" sta per "improvvisare accordi, specialmente su un pezzo di musica che non si conosce" (1957), e shuck (n.) è un termine che significa "un furto o una truffa," in uso dagli anni '50 nel vernacolo afroamericano.
da :
Online Etymology Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com › word › shuck
jive (v.)
La parola appare nel 1928 in inglese americano, che significa "ingannare giocosamente", anche con il senso del sostantivo "discorso vuoto e fuorviante" e come nome di uno stile di musica jazz e danza veloce e vivace; dal volgare afro-americano e probabilmente di origine africana "parlare di qualcuno assente, soprattutto in modo denigratorio.
Correlato a Jived;jiving.
da : Etimologia, origine e significato di jive su
etymonline - https://www.etymonline.com › word › jive
- Jim Clark - Sheriff of Dallas County , Alabama
- Wilson Baker - Sheriff in Selma , Alabama
- Al Lingo - Head of State Troopers
- Route Eighty – Autostrada che attraversa gli stati del sud Texas,Louisiana,Mississippi , Alabama e Georgia da Savannah (GA) a Dallas ( TX ) passando per Montgomery (AL)
- Jack and Jill - personaggi di filastrocche per bambini
-shuckin'/jive :
to shuck (v.) lett."rimuovere le bucce" ( 1819 )
correlato a shuck (n.), shucked; shucker; shucking.
Jive (n.) :"discorso vuoto e fuorviante;"
Molte estensioni di senso gergali negli Stati Uniti derivano dalla nozione di "spogliare" un chicco di mais, o dalle capriole associate alle feste di sgranatura; come ad esempio "spogliarsi dei vestiti" (1848) e "ingannare, truffare, imbrogliare" (1959). La frase "shucking and jiving" che corrisponde a "fooling, deceiving" è suggerita dal 1966, nel vernacolo afroamericano, ma shuck (v.) nel gergo di "musicisti cool" sta per "improvvisare accordi, specialmente su un pezzo di musica che non si conosce" (1957), e shuck (n.) è un termine che significa "un furto o una truffa," in uso dagli anni '50 nel vernacolo afroamericano.
da :
Online Etymology Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com › word › shuck
jive (v.)
La parola appare nel 1928 in inglese americano, che significa "ingannare giocosamente", anche con il senso del sostantivo "discorso vuoto e fuorviante" e come nome di uno stile di musica jazz e danza veloce e vivace; dal volgare afro-americano e probabilmente di origine africana "parlare di qualcuno assente, soprattutto in modo denigratorio.
Correlato a Jived;jiving.
da : Etimologia, origine e significato di jive su
etymonline - https://www.etymonline.com › word › jive
inviata da Pluck - 15/8/2023 - 18:15
Lingua: Inglese
Versione da:RADIO STATION WNEW'S STORY OF SELMA
with Len Chandler, Pete Seeger and The Freedom Voices
Folkways Records Album No.FH 5595 - 1965
with Len Chandler, Pete Seeger and The Freedom Voices
Folkways Records Album No.FH 5595 - 1965
Oh, Wallace
NARR : There are some songs you might hear only once on the march,but others like this one were in the background almost constantly :
CHORUS : Oh,Wallace
You never can jail us all,
Oh,Wallace
Segregation ‘s bound to fall
PETE : Well,somebody told me that the tune for this used to be a rock-and-roll song….
The idea is that you can get anybody joining in on this song. All they have to sing is dah-ah-dah-daht-daht (laughs )
I read in the papers
The other day
The Freedom Fighters
Are on their way
Well they're coming by bus
And by airplane, too
They'll even walk
If you ask them to
Oh-h-h, Wallace
You never can jail us all
Oh, Wallace,
Segregation is bound to fall
I don’t want no mess
I don’t want no jive
I want my freedom
In '65
Oh-h-h, Wallace
You never can jail us all
Oh, Wallace,
Segregation is bound to fall
Now don't you worry
About going to jail
Cause Martin King
Will go your bail
Yes,he'll get you out
Yes,right on time
He'll put you back
On the picket line
Oh-h-h, Wallace
You never can jail us all
Oh, Wallace,
Segregation is bound to fall
PETE : Who knows more verses ?
Well,I went downtown
And they did me wrong
Take my few pennies
And keep my tail at home
Oh, Wallace
You never can jail us all
Oh, Wallace,
Segregation is bound to fall.
PETE: And of course you know on the march this could go on 10-15 minutes as long......
NARR : There are some songs you might hear only once on the march,but others like this one were in the background almost constantly :
CHORUS : Oh,Wallace
You never can jail us all,
Oh,Wallace
Segregation ‘s bound to fall
PETE : Well,somebody told me that the tune for this used to be a rock-and-roll song….
The idea is that you can get anybody joining in on this song. All they have to sing is dah-ah-dah-daht-daht (laughs )
I read in the papers
The other day
The Freedom Fighters
Are on their way
Well they're coming by bus
And by airplane, too
They'll even walk
If you ask them to
Oh-h-h, Wallace
You never can jail us all
Oh, Wallace,
Segregation is bound to fall
I don’t want no mess
I don’t want no jive
I want my freedom
In '65
Oh-h-h, Wallace
You never can jail us all
Oh, Wallace,
Segregation is bound to fall
Now don't you worry
About going to jail
Cause Martin King
Will go your bail
Yes,he'll get you out
Yes,right on time
He'll put you back
On the picket line
Oh-h-h, Wallace
You never can jail us all
Oh, Wallace,
Segregation is bound to fall
PETE : Who knows more verses ?
Well,I went downtown
And they did me wrong
Take my few pennies
And keep my tail at home
Oh, Wallace
You never can jail us all
Oh, Wallace,
Segregation is bound to fall.
PETE: And of course you know on the march this could go on 10-15 minutes as long......
inviata da Pluck - 19/8/2023 - 23:03
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Poi anche nella colonna sonora del film documentario “Soundtrack for a Revolution” diretto nel 2009 da Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
Scritta da James Orange (1942-2008), pastore protestante e attivista del movimento per diritti civili.
Era con Martin Luther King quando fu ucciso a Memphis il 4 aprile 1968
Come The Prayer – alla cui introduzione rimando - una canzone dedicata al George Wallace (1919-1998), più volte governatore dell’Alabama tra il 1962 e il 1987, campione del segregazionismo e dell’opposizione al governo federale. Fu considerato uno dei mandanti dei continui attacchi contro i “freedom riders”, il convoglio del Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) che nel 1961 attraversò Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi e Louisiana per denunciare che la segregazione razziale, bandita dalla Corte Suprema degli USA, continuava a persistere.
Nonostante i continui, violentissimi attacchi armati da parte di segregazionisti e membri del KKK, i Freedom Riders portarono a termine con successo il loro viaggio a New Orleans.