LYRICS
It's always useful to know the words!
Caravan Of Love
originally by Isley Jasper Isley
You'd better get up
You'd better get up
You'd better get up
You'd better get up
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready for the time of life
It's time to stand up and fight
It's all right (it's all right)
It's all right
Hand in hand we take a caravan to the promised land
Stand up (stand up)
Stand up
One by one we gonna stand up with pride
One that can't be denied
Stand up (stand up)
Stand up
From the highest mountain, valley low
We'll join together with hearts of gold
Now the children of the world can see
There's a better way for us to be
The place in which we were born
So neglected and torn apart
Every woman every man
Join the caravan of love
Stand up, stand up
Everybody take a stand
Join the caravan of love
Stand up, stand up
I'm your brother
I'm your brother don't you know
She's my sister
She's my sister don't you know
You'd better get up...
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Every woman every man
Join the caravan of love
Stand up, stand up
Every body take a stand
Join the caravan of love
(Stand up) stand up
I'm your brother
I'm your brother don't you know
She's my sister
She's my sister don't you know
Join the caravan of love
You'd better get up...
Please Prepare Me
by Beautiful Chorus
Please prepare me to be a sanctuary
Pure and holy, tried and true
With thanksgiving I'll be a living
Sanctuary for you
Lean on Me
by Bill Withers
Ooh...
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong (when you're not strong)
And I'll be your friend (I'll be your friend)
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long (I'm going to need)
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you don't let show
You just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me, when you're not strong (when you're not strong)
And I'll be your friend (I'll be your friend)
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long (it won't be long)
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
You just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
You just might have a problem that I'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me, when you're not strong (when you're not strong)
And I'll be your friend (I'll be your friend)
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long (it won't be long)
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Ooh...
I Like the Flowers - In the Jungle - Blue Moon
I like the flowers, I like the daffodils
I like the mountains, I like the rolling hills
I like the fireside when the lights are low
a boomdiyay a boomdiyay a boomdiyay a boomdiyay
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight
Oooooooh ooooooh wimbawey a-wimbawey
Blue moon, you saw me standing alone
without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for someone I knew I could care for
OYA
I learnt this song by ear and so don't know the exact words - this is what I sing
Oya, oya, oya oroh
Oya mumba loro ke
Oya, oya, oya oroh
Oya mumba loro ke
Eya eya
Ayinkola ilora marireo
Yemaya
Another song I learned by ear, so these words are my own version
Yemaya yesesun, yesesun yemaya
Yemaya yesesun, yesesun yemaya
Yemaya olodun, olodun yemaya
Yemaya olodun, olodun yemaya
Mystery Song
by Richard Crossland
The girl that I
love
has given me the
shove
She says I am too low for her
station
She says poor men are
fools
Over rich men she
drools
So it's rob a bank or take up the
pools
But life for me goes on and on
I've started taking Mogadon
But love's a sickness doctors can't
treat
Where does she sleep, where does she live? Her place of work to me she'll never give
and love's a thing she'll take but won't de-
liver
Washing Machine Song
by Dorje Khandro Dawid
Washing machine, washing machine...
Oh washing machine you wash my clothes like a dream
Oh washing machine, I love you washing machine
Oh washing machine you wash my clothes like a dream
Oh washing machine, I love you washing machine
You save me hours and hours of time,
I think that in itself is quite fine
Gospel Medley
Wade in the water, Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna trouble the water
I’m gonna die easy when I die
I’m gonna die easy when I die
Gonna die easy when I die
Shout ‘salvation’ when I rise
I’m gonna die easy when I die
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long way from home
Sometimes I feel like an eagle in the sky
Sometimes I feel like an eagle in the sky
Sometimes I feel like an eagle in the sky
A long way from home
Cluck Old Hen
My old hen’s a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men
Sometimes one, sometimes two
Sometimes enough for the whole damn crew
Cluck old hen, cluck and sing
Ain’t laid an egg since way last spring
Cluck old hen, cluck and squall
Ain’t laid an egg since way last fall
My old hen, she won’t do
She lays eggs and taters too
Sometimes nine, sometimes ten
That’s enough eggs for the railroad men
Cluck old hen, cluck and sing
Ain’t laid an egg since way last spring
Cluck old hen, cluck and squall
Ain’t laid an egg since way last fall
My old hen, she’s raised on a farm
Now she’s in the new ground digging up corn
The first time she cackled, she cackled a lot
The next time she cackled she cackled in the pot
Cluck old hen, cluck and sing
Ain’t laid an egg since way last spring
Cluck old hen, cluck and squall
Ain’t laid an egg since way last fall
Cluck old hen, cluck and sing
Ain’t laid an egg since way last spring
Cluck old hen, cluck and squall
Ain’t laid an egg since way last fall
Summertime
George and Ira Gershwin
Summertime and the livin is easy
Fish are jumpin and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good lookin
So hush little baby don't you cry
One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singin
Then you'll spread your winds and you'll take to the sky
But till that mornin there ain't nothin can harm you
With daddy and mommy standin by
Ooooh....
Summertime and the livin is easy
Fish are jumpin and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good lookin
So hush little baby don't you cry