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Will Webster- black paper heart
SWW 7 0f 52- black paper heart This weeks prompt line was #39;paper heart #39;. I set my lyrics to an adapted version of a traditional melody called #39;Big Scioty #39;. The Big Scioto river is often associated with the Underground Railroad, which served as inspiration for this song about Harriet Tubman. The train pulled in the station The steam grew wide and tall If yer gonna take a risk Might as well risk em all She handed me a letter It #39;s your turn to depart Tucked inside the envelope Was a coal black paper heart You can give up all your money Or dance with the cannon ball If it wasn #39;t for that woman I wouldn #39;t know freedom at all The children called her Moses The midnight guider too Tributary to the freedom Of a country split in two No guarantee of safety known right from the start Tucked away in my Brest pocket Was that coal black paper heart They beat me and they banged me And they called them selfs the law If it wasn #39;t for that woman I wouldn #39;t know freedom at all The children called her Moses The midnight guider too Tributary to the freedom Of a country split in two Bridge: Here #39;s to Harriet Tubman The abolition queen Her guidance from the Devine Revealed to her within a dream We paddled up that river 40 miles to go Before we reached the safe house In the state of Ohio The train pulled in the station The steam grew wide and tall If it wasn #39;t for that woman I wouldn #39;t have freedom at all The children called her Moses The the midnight flyer too Tributary to the freedom Of a ...From:songwriterweeklyViews:0 0ratingsTime:03:48More inMusic

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