Lyrics or Keywords
Tell my mother, tell my father, all my children Ain't you got a right to the Tree of Life, All my brothers, Tell my sisters, Tell everybody. My life will be sweeter, so sweet some day, Ain't you got a right. We come from a distance. Yes, we all got a right.
People
Composer
South Carolina,John's Island,African American,Gullah spritual
Arranger
Robert De Cormier and Pete Seeger
Transcriber
Guy Carawan
Representation
BIPOC
Tags
Theme(s)
Freedom
Tradition(s)
Spiritual
Gullah
Language(s)
English
Musicality
Instrumentation
Piano
Voicing
SATB
5-part divisi
Rote
✖
Solo
✔
Solo notes
yes (alto or baritone
Music
Publisher
E. Henry David
Copy number
35
Copy type
Octavo