Author Kristin Lems
Rosa Parks
In Montgomery Alabama not a long time ago
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2007/11/4 - 10:29
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
Kristin Lems ha ripreso 30 anni dopo una canzone che Dee Werner scrisse nel lontano 1977.
Dee Werner la interpretò pure nel disco collettivo “What Now People?, Vol. 2”, Paredon Records, 1977, dove era presente anche la Lems con una canzone femminista, “Women Walk More Determined”.
Dee Werner la interpretò pure nel disco collettivo “What Now People?, Vol. 2”, Paredon Records, 1977, dove era presente anche la Lems con una canzone femminista, “Women Walk More Determined”.
Dead End 2013/3/8 - 11:31
Ballad Of The ERA
[1982]
Lyrics & Music by Kristin Lems
Album: Equality Road
"This was "the" rally song for the E.R.A. campaign...I sang this all over the country.."
This track was recorded live at the final ERA rally in Lafayette Park, Washington, DC, on June 30, 1982, the day that the time limit on the proposed Amendment expired. "I marvel that the singing shows such good cheer and resolve," she muses, "when you consider everyone there was having nervous breakdowns. In a way, the rally was a mass therapy session!" To add to it all, it rained - and the rally was shortened. One of the photos in the CD booklet shows a group of children, young feminists, holding up a big umbrella over Kristin as she continued "singing in the rain".
Lyrics & Music by Kristin Lems
Album: Equality Road
"This was "the" rally song for the E.R.A. campaign...I sang this all over the country.."
This track was recorded live at the final ERA rally in Lafayette Park, Washington, DC, on June 30, 1982, the day that the time limit on the proposed Amendment expired. "I marvel that the singing shows such good cheer and resolve," she muses, "when you consider everyone there was having nervous breakdowns. In a way, the rally was a mass therapy session!" To add to it all, it rained - and the rally was shortened. One of the photos in the CD booklet shows a group of children, young feminists, holding up a big umbrella over Kristin as she continued "singing in the rain".
It was 50 years ago
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Contributed by giorgio 2012/3/22 - 08:57
For All Women in Struggle
[1979]
Lyrics and music by Kristin Lems
Album: Oh Mama ! Plus
Lyrics and music by Kristin Lems
Album: Oh Mama ! Plus
This song is for all women in struggle
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Contributed by giorgio 2012/3/21 - 08:59
You Can't Beat a Woman
[2005]
Lyrics and music by Kristin Lems
Album: Upbeat!
"I saw the phrase on a tee shirt for a YWCA fundraiser for a women's shelter...and it became this song!"
Lyrics and music by Kristin Lems
Album: Upbeat!
"I saw the phrase on a tee shirt for a YWCA fundraiser for a women's shelter...and it became this song!"
You can't beat a woman, no you can't, no you can't
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Contributed by giorgio 2012/3/21 - 08:35
Song Itineraries:
Violence on Women: just like and worse than war
Come by Here, Martin Luther King
[2006]
Lyrics based on speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., -with added words by Kristin Lems; Music by Kristin Lems
Album: Imagine That! Songs For Creative Teachers.
"I loved these words and wanted to sing them. I discovered a way to pair them with a well-known "campfire" song. I then added the third verse, in addition to the first and last verses. I am very happy with the song and enjoy teaching it to others. It's easy to learn and very meaningful.."
Lyrics based on speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., -with added words by Kristin Lems; Music by Kristin Lems
Album: Imagine That! Songs For Creative Teachers.
"I loved these words and wanted to sing them. I discovered a way to pair them with a well-known "campfire" song. I then added the third verse, in addition to the first and last verses. I am very happy with the song and enjoy teaching it to others. It's easy to learn and very meaningful.."
Come by here, Martin Luther King [x3]
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Contributed by giorgio 2012/3/20 - 20:15
Song Itineraries:
Martin Luther King
Days of the Theocracy
[2007]
Da/From: "Equality Road"
Lyrics and music by Kristin Lems
Testo e musica di Kristin Lems
Da/From: "Equality Road"
Lyrics and music by Kristin Lems
Testo e musica di Kristin Lems
Out of print for many years, I felt this was important enough that I allowed a free legal download of it from the freedom from religion site. Written in 1979....
K. Lems
K. Lems
First they fight abortion, birth control is next,
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2007/11/4 - 10:20
Song Itineraries:
Antiwar Anticlerical
Chernobyl
[2005]
Da/From: "Upbeat!"
Testo e musica di Kristin Lems
Lyrics and music by Kristin Lems
Da/From: "Upbeat!"
Testo e musica di Kristin Lems
Lyrics and music by Kristin Lems
I wrote this song to help stop our headlong plunge into poisoning the planet.
"Earth...an original, no backup copy."
K. Lems
E' possibile ascoltare il brano su Cd Baby
"Earth...an original, no backup copy."
K. Lems
E' possibile ascoltare il brano su Cd Baby
I'll tell you a story that happened
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2007/11/4 - 10:44
Song Itineraries:
No Nukes
Kashke
[2007]
Da/From: "Equality Road"
Lyrics and music by Aref, the Iranian musician
Testo e musica di Aref, musicista iraniano
Da/From: "Equality Road"
Lyrics and music by Aref, the Iranian musician
Testo e musica di Aref, musicista iraniano
A song of hope....Persian style. The hopes are universal.
This song is in Persian - I will give a rough rendering
K. Lems
This song is in Persian - I will give a rough rendering
K. Lems
I wish hearts were never broken,
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Contributed by daniela -k.d.- 2007/11/4 - 10:08
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Da/From: "Equality Road"
Lyrics and music by Dee Werner
Testo e musica di Dee Werner
Rosa Louise Parks (4 febbraio 1913 - 24 ottobre 2005), afroamericana, è stata una figura-simbolo del movimento per i diritti civili statunitense, famosa per aver rifiutato nel 1955 di cedere il posto dell'autobus ad un bianco, dando così origine al boicottaggio degli autobus di Montgomery.
Rosa Parks, nata Rosa Louise McCauley a Tuskegee in Alabama, figlia di James e Loeona McCauley, di confessione metodista, nel 1932 sposò Raymond Parks, attivo nel movimento per i diritti civili. Ha passato buona parte della sua vita a lavorare come sarta in un grande magazzino.
A partire dal 1943, Parks aderì al Movimento per i Diritti Civili americano e diventò segretaria della sezione di Montgomery della National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). A metà del 1955 iniziò a frequentare... (Continues)