Faige Etke - Acoustic, Klezmer Intro
Faige Etke was born in a shtetle
Little village that Jews were forced to live in
Forced in shtetles and then came the ghettos and then extermination camps
זי אנטרונען צו אַמעריקע פֿאַר אַ בעסער לעבן
(zi antrunen tsu Amerike far a beser lebn)
She escaped to America for a better life
Lower east sweatshops
Then on to the prairie
homesteading cowgirls
Lakota land taken it's true
Keeping the sabbath
And raising smart daughters
Old traditions in new lands
And here I am singing to you
It's our job to remember
Our privilege to fight
So that others can prosper
And share the same rights
Open the borders
There's room for us all
This isn't just your land
We'll tear down your wall
Gabriela was born in Planeta
Honduran district of San Pedro Sula
Rival gangs, violence and threats
Then when they came for her son
Huyeron a los Estados Unidos buscando seguridad
They fled to the U.S. for safety
The journey alone could have cost them their lives
Hopping trains and through deserts
Keeping hope as their light
If it was death or papers
Which would you choose
Remember when your family was
Singing the immigrant blues too
Though not all our people came here by choice
Lives and land stolen
This past has a price
Our right to asylum
Was no more than theirs
Emma's words ring true
Give me your tired, your poor
Huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
It's our job to remember
It's our privilege to fight
So that others can prosper
And share the same rights
Open the borders
There's room for us all
This isn't just your land
We'll tear down your wall
Little village that Jews were forced to live in
Forced in shtetles and then came the ghettos and then extermination camps
זי אנטרונען צו אַמעריקע פֿאַר אַ בעסער לעבן
(zi antrunen tsu Amerike far a beser lebn)
She escaped to America for a better life
Lower east sweatshops
Then on to the prairie
homesteading cowgirls
Lakota land taken it's true
Keeping the sabbath
And raising smart daughters
Old traditions in new lands
And here I am singing to you
It's our job to remember
Our privilege to fight
So that others can prosper
And share the same rights
Open the borders
There's room for us all
This isn't just your land
We'll tear down your wall
Gabriela was born in Planeta
Honduran district of San Pedro Sula
Rival gangs, violence and threats
Then when they came for her son
Huyeron a los Estados Unidos buscando seguridad
They fled to the U.S. for safety
The journey alone could have cost them their lives
Hopping trains and through deserts
Keeping hope as their light
If it was death or papers
Which would you choose
Remember when your family was
Singing the immigrant blues too
Though not all our people came here by choice
Lives and land stolen
This past has a price
Our right to asylum
Was no more than theirs
Emma's words ring true
Give me your tired, your poor
Huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
It's our job to remember
It's our privilege to fight
So that others can prosper
And share the same rights
Open the borders
There's room for us all
This isn't just your land
We'll tear down your wall
Credits
Writer(s): Aviva Oskow
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