Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

from Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream by World House Choir & Cincinnati Singing Friends

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lyrics

I got a rainbow (huh!)
Tied all around my shoulder. (huh!)
I got a rainbow (huh!) T
ied all around my shoulder. (huh!)
I’m goin’ home (huh!)
Lord, I’m goin’ home (huh!)

Ev’rywhere I look dis mornin’ (huh!)
Everywhere I (huh!)
Where I look dis mornin’ (huh!)
looks like rain (huh!)
Don’ need no rain, lord (huh!)
ev’ry mail day, I getta letter (huh!)
ev’ry mail day,(huh!)
mail day I getta letter.
Lover say “Come home, please come on home now)
Soprano: Sometimes I feel like you’re almost gone, my love
Sometimes I feel like you’re almost gone, well
A long ways from home, yes, yes
I cain’t read that, (huh!) read that letter for cryin’, for crying (huh!) (2x)

My tears run down. Lord, my tears run down.
Just you wait until, I’ve done my sentence.
Just you wait until, I’ve done my sentence.
Im’ gonna stop this. Stop this unjust labor
I’m gonna fight this, till this treatment’s outlawed!
I’m gonna fight this, till this treatment’s outlawed!
I am human, treat me as a brother!

credits

from Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream, released January 20, 2019
SSATB Choir
African-American Work song arr. Steve Milloy
additional lyrics: Steve Milloy