WNEW'S' STORY

WITH LEN CHANDLER, PETE SEEGER AND THE FREEDOM VOICES PRODUCED BY JERRY GRAHAM

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The march from Selma to Montgomery. Alabama will go faclS had been reponed, but Stein felt the feeling and spirit march (the quality of these cuts will be margillai because and establish a WNEW News Department. down in hislory as a unIque and dramatic demonstration for of the remarkable march had not filtered past the Alabama of the recording condilions 1. a nd you'lI hear songs by A staff of top writers, reporters and newscasters was hired (he rights of man, Never before had there been such an out­ State line. Seeger, Chandler, and The Freedom Voices, as recorded in and the station set out to establish its place as a top news pouring of members from all walks of life: college students, Stein felt the best and most lasting evidence of that spirit the WNEW slUdios. independenl operation. In the first year, WNEW won Ihe clergymen, housewives, business leaders, Catholics, Prates­ was to be found in the songs that evolved from the march. To fit their program's time limitations, Graham and Stein Peabody Award for local news coverage. In Ihe ensuing lants, Jews, Negroes and \Vhites. Never before had there Here was the real story on how folk songs come from the edited their material to 30 minutes. cutting many choruses years, WNEW News has won every major broadcasting been such a mass movement into Ihe South from all parts of people. He and Graham immediately set OUt to do a special of songs. For th is record, the choruses have been put back award, the most recent honor coming from Sigma Delta Chi, the counlry in demonstration of racial equalilY. program on these songs. and one more song has been added to enhance the lasting the National lournalism Fralernity. Sigma Delta Chi singled In journalistic terms. it was probably one of the best­ They COni acted folk singers Pete Seeger and Len Chandler value and significance or the selections. out \VNEW for distingUlsheJ service in journalism for its covered "Racial Stories" in years. Every major radio and who had been on the march and knew the songs of Selma. It You'll recognize the main characters in the songs. Ala­ reponing of Ihe Harlem Riots of 1964. television news operation was represented. Reporters from was Chandler who had led most of the singing on the march. bama Governor George Wallace occupies a dominant role On Ihal story, as in all others, WNEW was just one of every major newspaper and magazine were there. Corre­ They both agreed that such a program would give a new as a target for the singers. So does Sheriff lim Clark of several news organizations ilt the story. But it was the treat­ spondents from Europe and Asia sent the news of Selma insight into the Selma story, and expressed a desire to do the Dallas County. And you'll hear aboul lim Leather, the ment, the Imagination. the enterprise, and the determination back to their home bases. "program." Chandler brought In the "Freedom Voices," four Michigan-man who made the four-day march on crutches. to find the meaning behind the story thai made WNEW The pictures showed a one-legged man marching with his SNCC field workers. Stein and Graham also checked their You'll undersland how folk songs are born .. . how they stand oul. WNEW reporters go anywhere, wherever news is brothers, a man with a fife playing Yankee Doodle, high-col­ sources and gathered up all available tape-recordings of the spring from the emOllon of protest. but most of all, you'll made .. . to help New Yorkers understand the new~. lared priests lalking with residents of a Negro ghetto. Tele­ march. From this material, they selected songs that tell the feel the spiril of the march, and you'lI know what it was like _To be able to develop such stories fully, WNEW estab­ vision caught Alabama law officers charging on the marchers story of the spirit of the protest. on those five days in Alabama. This is the documentary, as lished a weekly documentary series, News Closeup. On this with clubs waving. Newsreel photographers sent back foot­ All of the material was put together for WNEW's Docu­ presented on WNEW's News Closeup. program, anything goes . . . from documentation of the H ar­ age of bloody heads and of red-necked hecklers shouting mentary series, "News Closeup" and was broadcast on Sun­ lem riots, to a tour of the battle zone in Santo Domingo, to epithets from the sidelines. Radio reporters taped confronta­ day night, April 18th. In producing the program, Stein and a story of Ihe songs of Selma. ABOUT WNEW RADIO NEWS tions between Martin Luther King and the Alabama police. Graham tried to let Ihe songs and the singers tell the Slory, The program IS not offe'"red for sponsorship ... the only All the hour-to-hour, day-to-day developmenls of the five­ CUlling all other narration to the bone. WNEW has held a unique place in New York Radio. By sponsor is WNEW which Slakes a good deal of its pride and day march were transmitted in full lletail around the world. Thl;! response to the program was tremendous, with lis­ combining good music with intelligent, aggressive news cov­ reputation on each production. The presentation of such a And yet, when WNEW reporter Mike Stein returned from teners calling in and writing for information on where the erage, the stalion has consistently appealed to a loyal cos­ series is rather unique in radio. It's on the air for just one Montgomery, Alabama to New York, he told WNEW's songs could be purchased. Hence. this record from" hlch all mopolitan audience. WNEW has always set a rigid standard reuson . .. because it should be. News Director Jerry Graham that somethmg had been mi!:os­ \VNE\V royalties " ·111 go to the ci\il fi ghts mO\emenl. of responsibility and taste. So It was when it was decided in P r oduced by FOLKWAYS RE CORDS & SERVICE CORP. , ing in all the accounts from Selma to Montgomery. All the On the record, you'lI hear songs recorded in the Ime of 1958 to discontinue a prepared service from the Daily News, 165 west 46th street, N. Y. C. lor WNEW Radio News U!m, !tV FOLKWAYS RECORDS Album No. FH 5595 UNIVERSITY OF ALOE T, © 1965 Folkways Records and Service Corp. 701 Seventh Ave., NYC USA RADIO STATION WNEW'S STORY OF SELMA WITH LEN CHANDLER, PETE SEEGER AND THE FREEDOM VOICES PRODUCED BY JERRY GRAHAM AND MIKE STEIN PHOTOS BY TOSHI SEEGER

PETE: It was the clearest example to me of how And so on. •. you see it's an easy form. You Folk Music is made up••. That I could only need to think of two short lines that probably ask for. I've heard arguments be­ rhyme with each other and you got. .. the tween Professors on how do you suppose the whole crowd can join in on this chorus... old ballads were composed or cowboy songs or sailor songs. But I feel I've seen it CHORUS: Hold on, Hold on happen now. What it is-- one person gets an idea for a song-- usually borrowing an old Keep your ~yes on the prize tune- - changing around the words and then if Hold on, hold. on it's a good idea, it'll be picked up by others and new verses added to it. •. until after a NARR: There were other songs too, that found them­ while you naturally can't say who composed selves with new words-- like "Joshua Fit the the song. Right square in front of me I Battle of Jericho. " could see people making up verses. . .. I'd In Selma the police had blocked the road in go around afterward and say, "What are the front of Brown's Chapel. .. strung a rope verses to this song, "Oh, Wallace," you're across it... Singing?" And they look at me kind of per­ plexed and say, "The vers.es? There are We've got a rope that's a Berlin Wall \ no verses.• you just make them up." What A Berlin Wall. A Berlin Wall. they meant is that I should have asked for Well, we've got a rope that' s a Berlin Wall some verses. Soon as I did that I got dozens In Selma Alabama of verses from them. 'Hold On, " is a typical example. It used to be: Well, we've got a rope that's a Berlin Wall A Berlin Wall, Oh Lord, a Berlin Wall, Mmmm, I got my hand on the gospel plow We've got a rope that's a Berlin Wall I wouldn't take nothin' for my journey now In Selma, Alabama Keep your hand on the plow.. Well, hate is the thing that'll build that Wall Hold On, Hold On. Build that Wall, Build that Wall, Hate is the thing that built that Wall Well, I don't know exactly who it was-- I In Selma, Alabama. think-- I was told it was a woman in Georgia who first thought of changing: Well, 01' George Wallace helped build that Wall Keep your eyes on the prize Build that Wall, build that Wall Hold On, Hold On Old George Wallace built that Wall In Selma, Alabama But since a few years ago, when this version got going around, why there've been dozens-­ Well, we're gonna stay her.e til it falls maybe hundreds of verses •.. Til it falls, til it falls i We're gonna stay here til it falls The only thing that-ah we did wrong, In Selma, Alabama Was staying in the wilderness too long Keep your eyes on the prize Well, love is the thing that'll make it fall Hold on, hold on Make it fall, make it fall, Hold on, hold on Love is the thing that'll make it fall Keep your eyes on the prize In Selma, Alabama. M Hold on, hold on Well, we've got llj rope that's a Berlin Wall 1977 The only thing that we did right A Berlin Wall, a Berlin Wall C47 Was the day we begun to fight Well, we've got a rope that's a Berlin Wall Keep your eyes on the prize In Selma, Alabama. In Selma, Alabama. S66 Hold on, hold on -- hold on--- In Selma, Alabama. 1965 MUSIC LP PETE: There are batches of young women-- some of Pick 'em up and lay 'em down them teenage girls-- right in back of where Right. Right. my wife and I were walking.. They came out Pick' em up and lay' em down with a couple of verses that gave me pause Right. Right. - to think and I realized that this March had Pick 'em up and lay 'em down something unique in the whole world. Any­ Right. Right. body in America that thought that this March And all the way from Selma town was full of a bunch of angry people-- you Right. Right. know-- shouting out malignant thoughts Oh, the mud sure was deep and . .. on the contrary it was one of the Right. Right. most happy •.• purely joyful thing you could Oh, the hills sure was steep imagine. This is what these girls were Right. Right. singing•.• Lord I didn't get much sleep Right. Right. I love everybody in my heart That's why we're moving in a creep I love everybody in my heart Right. Right. I love everybody, I love everybody We made some level ground Well, I love everybody in my heart. Right. Right. Now we're movin' on down Right. Right. NARR: Did the rain come down? And on Route 80; Right. Right. Lord I thought I woulda drowned Right. Right. CROWD: (Noises up and under for:) But I thought of Sheriff Jim Right. Right. •.•... in my heart I thought of Sheriff Jim There's no two ways about him Right. Right. There's no two ways about him I thought of Sheriff Jim In my heart. Right. Right. Somethin' said Boy you better swim You can't make me doubt him Right. Right. You can't make me doubt him rve been walkin' so long You can't make me doubt him in my heart Right. Right. You can't make me doubt him, I put blisters on the street. You can't make me doubt him Right. Right. You can't make me doubt him in my heart I caught the Freedom fever Right. Right. Feel that fire burning, He done settled in my feet Feel that fire burning, Right. Right. Feel that fire burning in my heart I got blisters on my feet I feel that fire burning Right. Right. I feel that fire burning Make me want to skip a beat. I feel that fire burning in my heart. Right. Right. I got blisters on my feet Well, I love everybody Right. !p.ght. I love everybody, Make me-want to skip a beat. I love everybody in my heart Right. Right. J love everybody, Pick 'em up and lay 'em down I love eve_rybody Right. Right. I love everybody in my heart And let Wallace hear the sound Right. Right. GROUP: Well, you can't make me doubt it in my heart. . Pick 'em up and lay 'em down You can't make me doubt it in my heart Right. Right. You can't make me doubt it Don't you know we're Freedom-bound You can't make me doubt it Right. Right. \ In my heart. There was a guy named Jim Leather \¥ho had I feel the spirit burning one leg. He said, "Make up a verse about I feel the spirit burning me. ,- And so I said; I feel the spirit burning in my heart I feel the spirit burning, Jim Leather's leg got left I feel the spirit burning Right. Right. I feel the spirit burning in my heart But he's still in the fight. Right. Right. Oh, I love everybody, He's been walkin' day and night I love everybody Right. Right. I love everybody in my heart. Jim's left leg is alright. Oh, I love everybody Right. Right. I love everybody, I love everybody in my heart JIM: I lost my leg when I was 10 but I get along pretty good. I'm marching for Freedom now NARR: Len Chandler recalls the scene in Alabama... in Selma, Alabama. And rm hoping that by LEN: When we were marching along and some old going all the way, that those people in the Army guys were calling cadence-- Hup-hip North and the West and the East are saying to your left the time isn't right now, They'll realize that maybe it is time to go all the way .•• To your left, right left, And with God's grace I'll make it. Left, left. .. Right. Right. And so I started thinking that left isn't a thing PETE: Course, sometimes you just walk along, that we want to get. I mean we want to keep talking to your neighbor or lookin' at the up. .. we want to go along.. we want to go to scenery. And the songs weren't organized Montgomery which is not getting left. And in any way.. There just might be some per­ as ah, right is an affirmative statement also, son that felt like singing and they'd heist a and so I said why don't we accent on the tune. That's the old country way of starting right foot. And so a-right, right, and then off a hymn. Like\a sailor heisting a sail or you can put together verses and the heisting a flag up into the breeze.. they'd heist answers from the group would be right- a tune. Some of them were almost like .•. right. .. right.. And so I just started singing: cheerleading songs. .. like: lJNlVERSI,.y -2- LIBRARY UNIVERS\1Y Of ALBERTA If you want to get your Freedom, clap Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah your hands He'll put you back If you want to get your Freedom, clap Dah-ah, etc, your hands On the picket line If you want to get your Freedom Dah-ah, etc. If you want to get your Freedom Oh-h-h, Wallace If you want to get your Freedom, clap You never can jail us all your hands. Oh, Wallace Segregation's bound to fall If you want to get your Freedom, stamp Dah-ah, etc. your feet If you want to get your Freedom, stamp PETE: Who knows more verses? your feet. If you want to get your Freedom Well I went downtown If you want to get your Freedom Dah-ah, etc. If you want to get your Freedom, stamp And they did me wrong your feet. Dah-ah Take my few pennies Dah-ah, etc. And keep my tail at home LEN: I heard a Fife coming from somewhere and Dah-ah-etc. there was about a 15 year-old girl blowing this Oh, Wallace Fife... from a music book. And so I borrowed You never can jail us all the Fife, and we would march with it. And so Oh, Wallace people were singing "Yankee Doodle" and so Segregation's bound to fall. we started singing a verse that said: Zah da, etc. Wallace said we couldn't march We knew he was a phony Now we're marching all the way To make him eat baloney Freedom fighters keep it up Even though you're weary Freedom fighters keep it up We love our Freedom dearly. NARR: There are some songs you might hear only once on the march, but others like this one were in the background almost constantly: CHORUS: Oh, Wallace segregation's bound to fall PETE: Well, somebody told me that the tune for this used to be a rock-and-roll song ... The idea is that you can get anybody joining in on this song.. All they have to sing is dah-ah-dah­ daht-daht'(laughs) I read in the papers Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah The other day PETE: And of course you know on 'the march this Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah could go on 10 - 15 minutes as long-- I even The Freedom Fighters heard a verse there: Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah Are on their way Come all you people Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah Worried about fat. Well, they're coming by bus A day on Route 80 Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah Will take care of that. And by airplane, too Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah LEN: You know, that's a funny modification of a They'll even walk verse that I think I wrote. Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah If you ask them to PETE: Did you start that verse off? Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah Oh-h-h, Wallace LEN: Yeah, Some verses which I wrote for "Which You never can jail us all Side Are You On." And Cordell and I used to Oh, Wallace Sing this song all over Mississippi and I Segregation is bound to fall asked the kid that I heard do that. .• one of the Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah kids on the march, where'd he get that (three times) verse... and he said, I don't know-- I heard I don't want no mess it somewhere I don't know where it came Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah from ... I don't w::.nt no jive Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah Come all you bourgeois black men I want my Freedom With all your excess fat Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah A few days in. the county jail In '65 Will sure get rid of that. Oh-h-h, Wallace You never can jail us all GROUP: Won't you tell me now-­ Oh, Wallace, Which side are you on boy Segregation's bound to fall Which side are you on Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah Come on and know now-­ Now don't you worry Which side are you on, boy Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah Which side are you on About goin' to jail Come all you Freedom Fighters Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah The story I will tell Cause Martin King 'bout down in prison Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah In a lonesome jail cell Will go your bail You better tell n\e now-- Dah-ah-dah-dee-dah-dee-dah Which side are you on, boy Yes, he'll get you out Which side are you on (I want to hear you Yes, right on time now)-- -3- You really better tell me Ain't gonna let no body turn me. 'round Which side are you on, Turn me 'round, turn me 'round Come all you Uncle Tom's Ain't gonna let nobody turn me round Take that hankie from your head Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' Forget your fears and shed a tear Marchin' down to Freedom land For the life of shame you've led (Then tell me) GROUP: Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round, Which side are you on, boy Turn me 'round, turn me 'round Which side are you on (I want to know now) Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round Which side are you on, boy 1 keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' Which side are you on Marching up to Freedom land Ain't gonna let Sheriff Clark turn me Don't Tom ,for Mr. Charlie 'round Don't listen' to his lies Turn me 'round, turn me 'round Us colored folk we ain't got a chance Ain't gonna let Sheriff Clark turn me Unless we organize (everybody now--) 'round Which side are you on, boy Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' Which side are you on Marchin' up to Freedom land Which side are you on boy, Ain't gonna let no dog turn me Which side are you on 'round You need not join the picket line Turn me 'round, turn me 'round If you can't stand a blows Ain't gonna let no dog turn me But join your dimes with dollars 'round Or be counted with our foes 1 keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' Which Side are you on, boy Marchin' up to Freedom land Which side are you on Ain't gonna let George Wallace, turn Which side are you on, boy me 'round Which side are you on Turn me 'round, turn me 'round Come on all you high toned college grads Ain't gonna let George Wallace-- Lordy, Pronounce your final G's Turn me 'round But don't forget your old Grandmaw Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' She'S still a scrubbin' on her knees Marchin' up to Freedom land Which side are you on, boy Ain't gonna let those killings, Lord, Which side are you on (You really better turn me 'round tell me) Turn me 'round, turn me 'round Which side are you on Ain't gonna let those killings, Lord, Have you heard about the Paddy Wagon? turn me 'round The big red light outside Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' If you stand up for your rights Marching up to Freedom land He'll take you for a ride. (Everybody now) Ain't gonna let no burnings Lord, Which side are you on, boy turn me 'round Which side are you on Turn me 'round, turn me 'round Which side are you on, boy Ain't gonna let those burnings, Lord, Which side are you on turn me 'round 1 heard that the Klu Klux Klan Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' Just up and dyed their sheets Marching up to Freedom land. And now they Sing of Freedom Ain't gonna 'let nobody, Lord, turn Everytime they meet me ' round Which side are you on, boy Turn me 'round, turn me 'round Which side are you on Ain't gonna let nobody, Lord, turn Which side are you on, boy me ' round, Which side are you on Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' Which side are you on, boy Marching up to Freedom land. Which side are you on. Ain't gonna let no guns turn me Which Side are you on, boy ' round, Which side are you on. .• Turn me 'round, turn me 'round \ Aint gonna let no guns turn me 'round, PETE: A lot of these tunes will sound similar if Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' you're not used to them... Marching up to Freedom land. Ain't gonna let no clubs, Lord, Ain't gonna let segregation turn me 'round turn me 'round Turn me ' round, turn me 'round Turn me 'round, turn me ' round Ain't gonna let segregation turn me 'round Ain't gonna let no clubs turn me Keep on a walking, keep on a talking 'round Marching down to Freedom land Now the verses to this are very easy to make up new ones too. You just throw in the names of anybody who's around: Ain't gonna let Governor Wallace turn me 'round Turn me 'round, turn me 'round Ain't gonna let Governor Wallace turn me 'round Keep on a walkin', marchin' down to Freedom land And if the Sheriff's name is Jim Clark... Ain't gonna let Sheriff Clark turn me 'round Turn me 'round, turn me 'round Ain't gonna let Jim Clark turn me 'round Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' Marchin' down to Freedom land. And if you run out of names.•. there's al­ ways this verse. -4- Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' You gotta preach when the spirits say Marching up to Freedom land. preach Now when the spirits say preach, you gotta Ain't gonmj. let nobody, Lord, turn me preach oh, Lord, 'round, You gotta preach when the spirits say Turn me 'round, turn me round, preach. Ain't gonna let no body, Lord, turn me You gotta march when the spirits say march 'round ditto Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' Now when the spirits say march, you gotta Marching up to Freedom land. march, oh Lord, You gotta march when the spirits say march You gotta sing when the spirits say sing PETE: A picture I'll always keep in my mind of this ditto song, was after a day of marching when most Now when the spirits say sing, you gotta of the people.•. you'd think their feet would sing, oh, Lord, be sore and tired, but there was a gang of You gotta sing when the spirits say sing. 50 young ones.. well I say young-- 15 or 20 You gotta rock when the spirits say rock years old, ... they just wouldn't stop. They ditto were standing around in this muddy field Now when the spirits say rock, you gotta waiting for supper. And Singing at the top rock, oh Lord, of their lungs.. . were 3 or 4 teenage girls You gotta rock when the spirits say rock with real good voices. Some had their hair You gotta moan when the spirits say moan done up in curlers. You know this is a very ditto interesting parade. People said they were a Now when the spirits say moan, you gotta bunch of sloppy, no goods .•. Sure there was moan, oh, Lord, mud around, but. •• these girls wanted to You gotta moan when the spirits say moan. look as well as they could. They had their You gotta jump when the spirits say jump hair up in curlers. The next day they looked ditto bright and fresh. But there they were stand­ Now when the spirits say jump you gotta ing in the field Singing and just making up jump, oh Lord, verse after verse. If the spirit was real good You gotta jump when the spirits say jump why a song could go on for five or ten minutes. You gotta move when the spirits say move Just as long as somebody could think of some ditto Now when the spirits say move, you gotta verses for it. move, oh, Lord LEN: There's a song called, "I'm Gonna Do What You gotta move when the spirits say move. the Spirits Say Do" There are lots of people You gotta vote when the spirits say vote who are saying now .••• What are you gonna ditto do man? They say, spirits say eat. Yeah Now when the spirits say vote, you gotta vote, oh Lord, know. You gotta vote when the spirits say vote. (repeat vote stanza) You gotta love when the spirits say love, GROUP: Do what the Spirits Say Do I'm gonna do what the Spirits say do ditto And what the Spirits say do Now when the spirits say love, you gotta lova. oh Lord, I'm gonna do oh, Lord, You gotta love when the spirits say love. I'm gonna do what the Spirits say do if I'll go to jail, if the Spirits say go You gotta picket the spirits say picket I'll go to jail if the Spirits say go ditto And if the Spirits say go, Now when the spirits say picket, you gotta I'm gonna go oh, Lord, picket, oh Lord, I'm gonna jail if the spirits say go. You gotta picket when the spirits say picket. I'm gonna picket if the spirits say picket You gotta move when the spirits say move I'm gonna picket if the spirits say picket ditto If the spirits say picket, I'm gonna picket Now when the spirits say move, you gotta oh, Lord, move, oh Lord, \ I'm gonna picket if the spirits say picket You gotta move when the spirits say move. I'm gonna march if the spirits say march You gotta cool it when the spirits say I'm gonna march if the spirits say march cool it And if the spirits say march, I'm gonna repeat march oh, Lord, Now when the spirits say colI it, you gotta I'm gonna march if the spirits say march cool it, Oh Lord I'm gonna love, if the spirits say love You gotta cool it when the spirits say cool it. I'm gonna love if the spirits say love You gotta jump when the spirits say jump And if the spirits say love, I'm gonna love repeat oh Lord, . Now when the spirits say jump you gotta I'm gonna love if the spirits say love jump, Oh, Lord, I'm gonna Sing if the spirits say sing, You gotta jump when the spirits say jump I'm gonna Sing if the spirits say sing You gotta clap when the spirits say clap And if the spirits say sing, I'm gonna sing, repeat Oh, Lord Now when the spirits say clap, you gotta I'm gonna Sing if the spirits say Sing clap oh, Lord You gotta clap when the spirits say clap. (repeat clap stanza) NARR: And once in Montgomery, at the capitol steps 30,000 people massed in front.. Len Chandler did that same song.. NARR: An old Chain Gang Chant song became a "Chant for Freedom" • LEN: You gotta move when the spirits say move You gotta move when the spirits say move Been many a black man, Charlie Say, when the spirits say move, you gotta' • • • •• working on this road move, oh Lord, Been many a black man, Charlie You gotta move when the spirits say move A workin' on this road You gotta work when the spirits say work Now a well - ah You gotta work when the spirits say work Now we're walkin' on it Charlie, And when the spirits say work, you gotta To get the debt we're owed - ah work, oh, Lord It's hard, a:\n't it hard Lordy rollin' You gotta work when the spirits say work repeat You gotta preach when the spirits say Come on boys awella preach It takes rocks and gravel, baby

-5- To make a solid road, Wella Oh we know who is to blame in Alabama It takes rocks and gravel, baby, Oh we know who is to blame in Alabama To make a solid road wella She caught two bullets in the brain It takes rocks and gravel baby Before we learned to say her name To make a solid road, a wella And George Wallace is the shame of But it never gets done, Lawdy Baby Alabama Unless the Captain' s gotta gun I'm up and early in the morning There's a man behind the guns of Alabama When 1'11 rise .... There's a man behind the guns of Alabama There's a man behind the guns He kills for hate, for fear, for fun LEN: I was on Highway 80 on my way to Selma, And George Wallace is top gun-- in when we passed about 30 or 40 police cars Alabama and lots of lights and lots of activity and we thought that the car we saw poked half way It was Jackson on the roads-- of Alabama through a fence off the right side of the road It was Reeb on the .roads of Alabama has just been involved in an accident. We uh William Moore's dead and gone found out that a lady had been shot to death an And this killin' still goes on Highway 80. Now Liuzzo' s on the road of Alabama

Oh it's murder on the roads of Alabama There's a movement on the road in Oh it's murder on the roads of Alabama Alabama If you're fightin' for what's right There's a movement on the road of If you're black or if you ' re white Alabama You're a target in the night in Alabama Black man, White man, Christian, Jew We got to keep on marchin' through Oh, the tyrant's days are few in Alabama Oh we'd marched right by that spot in Alabama Oh we'd marched right by that spot in Alabama It was murder on the road of Alabama Oh we'd marched right by that spot It was murder on the roads of Alabama Where the Klansman fired the shots If you' re fightin' for what' s right Where the coward fired the shots in If you' re Black or you are white Alabama You're a target in the night in Alabama.

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