Dit nummer zat mij in het hoofd vanochtend en het is nogal toepasselijk, bijna zestig jaar later: Save the country, geschreven en eerst uitgevoerd door Laura Nyro. Ik voeg de twee mij bekende andere versies toe.
Come on, people, come on, children
Come on down to the glory river
Gonna wash you up and wash you down
Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down
Come on, people, come on, children
There’s a king at the glory river
And the precious king, he loved the people to sing
Babes in the blinking sun sang “We Shall Overcome”
I got fury in my soul, fury’s gonna take me to the glory goal
In my mind I can’t study war no more
Save the people, save the children
Save the country, now
Come on, people, come on, children
Come on down to the glory river
Gonna wash you up and wash you down
Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down
Come on, people, sons and mothers
Keep the dream of the two young brothers
Gotta take that dream and ride that dove
We can build the dream with love, I know
We can build the dream with love
We could build the dream with love, I know
We could build the dream with love
I got fury in my soul, fury’s gonna take me to the glory goal
In my mind I can’t study war no more
Save the people, save the children
Save the country, save the country, save the country
Save the country
Laura Nyro, televisieversie
Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger & The Trinity
Fifth Dimension
– Uitgelichte afbeelding: By Photographer unknown – Worthpoint, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=133148056
