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Migrant Song - Help Refugees

from Misfits Migrants and Murders by Jack Warshaw

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I’m a migrant, grandchild and student of migrants who fled persecution. For centuries, millions have crossed borders as war and famine refugees. America and Britain, who held themselves as safe havens back then, now devise new laws and reasons to exclude them. “Give me your tired, your poor…” no longer applies.

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Migrant song 3
© Jack Warshaw 2015
A
We fled our lands in time of war
Time of famine, time of woe
Wearied souls and ragged kids
On the road, no place to go

B
We came uplifted to your shores
Over land, across the seas
Doors and hearts were opened wide
Back then you called us refugees

A
We built your cities, roads and railways
Worked your factories day and night
Healed your sick and worked your fields
Taught your kids to read and write

B
Our tongues were different, names also
Left behind the world we knew
Settled down and raised our kids
Who looked and sounded just like you

A
Now once again in time of terror
We walk and crawl, set sail and drown
Doors are closed and faces turned
And you call us migrants now

B
And still we try and still we’re crying
Still we die before our time
While your leaders blow and bluster
Ain’t it all an awful crime

A
See us now in all the papers
In the news and on your screens
Parents weeping, children drowning
Dressed in T shirts, shoes and jeans

B
You are blessed and we are broken
Ease our troubles, ease our pain
For the sake of human kindness
Open up your doors again

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from Misfits Migrants and Murders, track released July 6, 2018
Migrant Song (Warshaw) Jack, vocal, guitar; Zoe, vocal and cello; Neil, mouth harp; Dominic, bass

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Veteran of the 1960s folk revival, he passionately believes, writes and sings with authenticity and respect for traditional American styles and song carriers. He has met, learned from or worked with such legends as Pete, Mike and Peggy Seeger, Tom Paley, Ewan MacColl, Bob Dylan, Mississippi John Hurt, Clarence Ashley, Dave Van Ronk, Stuart Burns and many others. Watch Youtube. Bio on Wikipedia ... more

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