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One of the practices we have tried to develop in a revolutionary way forward for folk music, is to take old songs that gave voice to the oppressor, and reclaim their melodies and music for the voice of the oppressed. Our tribute to Harriet Tubman is to the tune of the old song, “Run, N---- Run”, and takes the form of a dialogue among enslaved Africans preparing to rise up in the Combahee River Raid.

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Running through the forest, running through the hills
Hear those dogs a-barking at Harriet Tubman’s heels
With a Bible in one hand, a pistol in the next
She led the fight for freedom with that fire in her chest

Hey Sister Harriet, Tell me where you gone?
I’ve gone up to the north country, I left before the dawn
The fight for our freedom was the price to go my bail
A thousand dollars on my head and hound dogs on my trail

Harriet saying brother come along with me
We’ll chase behind the drinking gourd and find the Jubilee
Harriet saying sister come on, don’t be slow
Ain’t gonna wait for Pharoah just to let our people go

Hear the voices telling me by morning we’ll be free
General Tubman’s coming up the banks of Combahee
People gotta rise up when we hear the trumpets blow
And the master’s house is falling like the walls of Jericho

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from In The Ruins They've Left Us, We'll Plant Gardens Still, released December 23, 2020
Vocals: Jessica Garraway
Banjo: Emmett Doyle
Accordion: Sam Adams
Bass, Guitar, and Spoons: R Young
Songwriting: Jessica Garraway, Masha Trius, and Emmett Doyle

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