My father, how long
Language: English
My father, how long, My father, how long, My father, how long, Will our people suffer here? My mother, how long, My mother, how long, My mother, how long, Will our people suffer here? We will soon be free, We will soon be free, We will soon be free, We will not suffer here. We’ll walk de miry road, We’ll walk de golden streets, We’ll fight for liberty, We will not suffer here. My brudders do sing, My sisters do sing, My people do sing, We will not suffer here. ’Cause it won’t be long, No it won’t be long, No it won’t be long, We will not suffer here. And it won’t be long, No it won’t be long, No it won’t be long, We will not suffer…
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jessie Montgomery , "My father, how long", 2021 [ voice, percussion and string orchestra ], from Five Freedom Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-09-28
Line count: 28
Word count: 129