Our Prayer For Peace
The Dixie Hummingbirds| Original | Trascrizione a cura di A. P. della versione del 1963 |
| OUR PRAYER FOR PEACE When we pray, we like to include these words, Lord teach us how to love each other Every creed, Father, and every color Let every man know, Father, let them know that it is a sin To hate his brother because of the color of his skin Oh Lord, I want you to guide our mind and soul Lord, keep idle hands from doing anything that is wrong Oh Lord Jesus, I know you're able to let all hatred cease Teach us how to love and live together, Father, in perfect peace, oh Lord Lord, let me live to see that great day come When everybody, everybody Lord, everybody will be as one When there will be no more, oh no more separating, Lord When there will be no more discriminating If we could just get everybody to understand That Jesus died, to save us all He said, together we will stand and divided we all will fall Lord oh, c'mon let all this hatred cease Teach us how to work and go to school together, Father, in perfect peace | DIDN'T IT RAIN / A PRAYER FOR PEACE [black & white film clip begins in the middle of a verse. I don't know what they are singing. It's something about Noah] [around .035 to 1:10] Didn't it rain, children? Talk 'bout rain, oh, yes. Talkin' ‘bout rain Great God almighty Didn't it rain? Great God, it rained forty days, forty nights without stopping Noah was glad when the rain stopped dropping Sent out a raven and he sent out a dove The water came close and it came from above ------------land was steep He couldn’t find land to rest his feet. doodoodoo doodoodoo doodoodoo doodoodoo doo ----no more. Now didn’t it rain, children? woo oo oo”… 1:12 conversation in color] -Members of The Dixie Hummingbirds reminiscing (remembering the past) first man - I try to remember a song we did some time ago about praying for peace. second man – Prayer for Peace? first man – it was called “A prayer for tomorrow” at that time. second man – Oh. Yeah. first man – And then when I came to the Hamenburg I changed the title. and the words. Yeah, and ah when President Kennedy was assassinated, I think it was on Friday. I I think. third man- Yeah first man- Yeah That Saturday, I wrote a verse about the uh assassination. And we were in, we were in Jamaica, New York. 1:41 shows a black and white film clip of the Dixie Hummingbirds singing “Our Prayer For Peace” [The first man is heard saying- And boy when I did that verse, people were really going wild because it had just happened. 1:52- [In the black and white film clip, the first man is speaking while the other member of the group hum, clap, and slap their sides to the rhythm] There was one thing that happened that shook up the nation In 1963. We all know it was on the 22nd of November. TRAGEDY that happened way down in Dallas, Texas. Ooooh, I do believe the whole world will forever remember. Listen, President Kennedy, one who fought so hard for the human race. By the hands of a mad evil man he killed Kennedy He’s sleeping cold in his grave. He was only trying to tell the world this He said, Gather come along Gather peace while it is time God said to ------- Ooh, Jesus! And Ooooh our Father Let all the hating cease Lord, if it’s Your will Let us work for peace together, Lord Let us all go in peace. |
