Our Gift to You (Liberator)

Student Introduction:

“Our Gift to You” (Liberator)

2022 Genesee Elementary key of Am

A liberator, free and strong and true (keep on keepin' on)

Dear Aunt Harriet, we celebrate you

It's two hundred years since you were born

Freedom's mighty glorious morn

A century since you've been gone

Like you we keep on keepin' on

*Chorus*

Remembering all that you've been through

Risked your life for others too

The Freedom Train and the Civil War

John Brown Hall and so much more

*Chorus*

Looked at your hands when you crossed the line

The glory all over sure did shine

Am I the person I was before

You thought you were at heaven's door

You thought you were at heaven's door

*Chorus*

Seeker of justice, freedom and peace

That people in chains gain their release

You earned their trust on the old Combahee

Just like Moses you set ‘em free

*Chorus*

When we needed you, you answered our call

You went to prepare a place for all

Our promise, our word, our gift to you

Is we all stand for justice, too

We all stand for justice, too

*Chorus* (2x)

June 6-10, 2022 / words and music by Genesee Elementary School 4th Grade students and their teachers,

Beth Robinson, Danielle Cronk, Claire Minnoe, Julia Henery, Justina Taylor and Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner