| Season | 2016-2017 |
|---|---|
| Performance Date | February 19, 2017 |
| Performance Year | 2017 |
| Performance Time | 4:00PM |
| Location | Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN |
| Performance Title | VocalEssence WITNESS: Underground Railroad |
| Composer | Rollo Dilworth |
| Country | USA |
| Year Composed | 2015 |
| Timing | 5min 19sec |
| Performers | Tenors and Basses of the VocalEssence Chorus |
| Text Translation | Harriet Tubman didn’t take no stu Wasn’t scared of nothing neither Didn’t come in this world to be no slave And wasn’t going to stay one either “Farewell!” she sang to her friends one night She was mighty sad to leave ‘em But she ran away that dark, hot night Ran looking for her freedom She ran to the woods and she ran through the woods With the slave catchers right behind her And she kept on going till she got to the North Where those mean men couldn’t nd her Nineteen times she went back South To get three hundred others She ran for her freedom nineteen times To save Black sisters and brothers Harriet Tubman didn’t take no stu Wasn’t scared of nothing neither Didn’t come in this world to be no slave And didn’t stay one either --Eloise Greenfield |
| Categories | WITNESS Repertoire |
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