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This song is written in something like the style of an African American Spiritual -- the sort that was often modified to provide a Civil Rights protest song. Additional lyrics that do just this are provided below -- as is a translation into Kiswahili that Kenyan Friends generously helped me make.

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Hold On

Hold on because the Lord is Comin’!
Hold on because the Lord is Comin’!
Hold on because the Lord is Comin’!
He’s Comin’ to take his people home!
Hooooooommmmme!

Let’s get goin’, well there’s no need to wait! [3x]
Because the Lord has come to take his people home!
Home!

Well if we’re goin’ together then we’re gathered in love! [3x]
Because the Lord has come to take his people home!
Home!

Well if we’re gathered in love, then we’re already there! [3x]
Because the Lord has come to take his people home!
Home!

And if we’re already there then sing Happy Day! [3x]
Because the Lord has come to take his people home!
Home!

Happy Day! Oh happy day! [3x]
Because the Lord has come to take his people home!
Home!

Kiswahili translation:
Vumilya! Bwana anakuja! [3x]
Anakuja kuchukua watu wake nyumban . . . ni
Additional and Alternate Lyrics:


Additional and Alternative Lyrics:

Hold on because a change is comin’!
Hold on because a change is comin’!
Hold on because a change is comin’!
We’re makin’ a change right here at home . . . !
Home . . . !


Let’s get goin’, well there’s no need to wait!
Well if we’re goin’ together then we’re gathered in love!
Well if we’re gathered in love, then we’re already there!
And if we’re already there then sing Happy Day!
Happy Day! Oh happy day!
We’re celebrating Marriage Equality!
And we’re gonna close Guantanamo!
Put an end to foreign occupations!
No more assassination with drones!
Putting an end to violence at home!

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from Just Down the Road a' Peace, released October 11, 2015

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Gray Cox Bar Harbor, Maine

Gray is a singer/songwriter who plays bones and guitar. He is a parent, grandparent, Quaker and philosopher. He teaches at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine is a co-founder of the Quaker Institute for the Future, and works on issues of peace and human ecology. His blog, combining music and social commentary is at breathonthewater.com. ... more

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