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Oh, Freedom!

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OriginalUna versione del Civil Rights Movement degli anni '60 del XX...
OH, FREEDOM!

Oh-o freedom.
Oh-o freedom
Oh freedom over me,
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

No segregation
No segregation
No more segregation
Over me
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

No more weepin'
No more weepin'
No more weepin'
Over me
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

No more tommin'
No more tommin'
No more tommin'
Out of me
Out of me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

Oh-o freedom.
Oh-o freedom
Oh freedom over me,
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.
OH, FREEDOM

Oh-o freedom.
Oh-o freedom
Oh freedom over me,
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

No more segregation
No more segregation
No more segregation
Over me
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

No more weeping
No more weeping
No more weeping
Over me
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

No more shooting
No more shooting
No more shooting
Over me
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

No more burning churches
No more burning churches
No more burning churches
Over me
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

No more jail house
No more jail house
No more jail house
Over me
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

Oh-o freedom.
Oh-o freedom
Oh freedom over me,
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.

No more Jim Crow
No more Jim Crow
No more Jim Crow
Over me
Over me.
And before I be a slave
I'll be buried in my grave.
And go home to my Lord and be free,
and be free.


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