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Down In Mississippi
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Mavis Staples
жанры: soul
альбомы: We'll Never Turn Back
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Verse 1 As far back as I can remember I either had a plow or hoe One of those 'ole nine foot sacs standing at the old turn row(Chorus) Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi where I was born Down in Mississippi where i come fromVerse 2 They had a hunting season on the rabbit If you shoot em you went to jail Season was a always open on me Nobody needed no bandChorusVerse 3 I remember, I use to walk down that gravel road, walking with my grandma, Mississippi sun, beaming down I went to get some waterMy grandma said, young 'un you can't drink that water, she said you drink from that fountain over there, heha and that fountain had a sign said "for colored only" I was so glad I had my grandma and my papa, a huh, and I wont leave you out grandpa My grandpa was so pround of me yall I went down in forest Mississippi one time na, didn't know no better, but i intergrated, a washeteria He was telling everybody, my grandbaby mavis, she went up to washeteria and washed some clothes, and all the black ladies followed her on up in there, I'm proud of my grandbaby, I saw many more of those signs as I lived in Mississippi, I'm so glad I can say that I saw every one of those signs, Dr. King saw that every one of those signs was taken down, down in MississippiChorus
Это интересно:Родившаяся в 1939 году в Чикаго певица, обладательница роскошного контральто Мевис Стейплс выпустила на лейбле Anti новый альбом «We`ll Never Turn Back». Большая часть музыкальной карьеры этой видной активистки движения борьбы с расовой дискриминацией и преотличной певицы, которую заслуженно сравнивают с Аретой Франклин, прошла в семейной группе The Staple Singers. С 1996 года она выпускает редкие сольники.... продолжение
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