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Come My Sisters, Come

by Cheryl L'Hirondelle and friends

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1.
Come My Sisters, Come 04:03
lyrics
Verse 1 I was someone’s daughter in my younger years Come my sisters, come The thunder is over, I’ll cry no more tears Come my sisters, come I wanna to call a meeting and find our lost women Come my sisters come We’ve heard the ghost speak: “though dead I’m still living” Come my sisters, come Chant Verse 2 How many time have I died in this life? Come my sisters, come We can live on, so don’t drop your pride Come my sisters, come We’ll rock, we’ll rumble, we’ll riot, we’ll rave Come my sisters, come From P.A. to L.A. to Timber Bay Come my sisters, come Chant Verse 3 To my friend who is my sister, my sister who is my friend Come my sisters, come We’ll always stay true, we’ll never pretend Come my sisters, come It’s a grassroots movement where we all belong Come my sisters, come We’ll stand beside each other and keep our spirits strong Come my sisters, come Chant Spoken Word Let your struggles become your survival tools, Let not your stolen years rob us, Nor tear us apart Come my sisters come Come my sisters come Chant Outro (spoken) Come my sisters come Come my sisters come
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Come My Sisters, Come (karaoke version) 04:02
lyrics
Verse 1 I was someone’s daughter in my younger years Come my sisters, come The thunder is over, I’ll cry no more tears Come my sisters, come I wanna to call a meeting and find our lost women Come my sisters come We’ve heard the ghost speak: “though dead I’m still living” Come my sisters, come Chant Verse 2 How many time have I died in this life? Come my sisters, come We can live on, so don’t drop your pride Come my sisters, come We’ll rock, we’ll rumble, we’ll riot, we’ll rave Come my sisters, come From P.A. to L.A. to Timber Bay Come my sisters, come Chant Verse 3 To my friend who is my sister, my sister who is my friend Come my sisters, come We’ll always stay true, we’ll never pretend Come my sisters, come It’s a grassroots movement where we all belong Come my sisters, come We’ll stand beside each other and keep our spirits strong Come my sisters, come Chant Spoken Word Let your struggles become your survival tools, Let not your stolen years rob us, Nor tear us apart Come my sisters come Come my sisters come Chant Outro (spoken) Come my sisters come Come my sisters come

about

Why the Caged Bird Sings is a participatory and community-engaged, five-day singing, songwriting & recording workshop that involves small groups of incarcerated women, men or detained your along with their literacy educators and/or cultural programmers in federal prisons, provincial correctional centres and youth detention facilities in the land now known as canada.
The song lyrics created by the participants are strung together to create a narrative, using consensus as a way to create equity so that everyone's voice is heard and validated. The songs are uplifting and positive in theme and are meant to become a repeatable mantra that belongs to all the participants who co-wrote the song--extending out to the greater community--so that everyone can join in. At the root of every song lyric is the use of metaphor. This helps to poetically focus the lyrics both thematically and in how the song is constructed.
The resulting uplifting song is one that does not ignore the struggles or hardships that any of the participants have individually or collectively endured, but instead looks forward to be a useful way of affirming one's future and potential.
The songs are meant to be 'freedom songs--not to be confused with those from the civil rights movement. In Cree language, 'freedom' is akin to having self-control and self-determination, so from a creative point-of-view, it is self-expression, or 'freedom' that these songs lyrically and melodically declare.
Once recorded, mixed and mastered, the songs are released as singles and shared with the co-writers, programs staff and all project partners. Proceeds from sales are shared with all co-writers.
THE PRICE POINT OF THIS SINGLE REFLECTS THE MINIMUM WAGE AN INMATE RECEIVES PER DAY - PLEASE ENJOY & SING ALONG!

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released September 12, 2019

©2010 SOCAN/Miyoh Music

Lyrics by: Maureen Montgrand, Elizabeth Charles, Bernice Sanderson, Deanna Renee Desjarlais, Melody Bird, Angela Rabbitskin, M. Henderson and Carla Johnson
Music by Cheryl L'Hirondelle and Gregory Hoskins

Cover art by Charnelle Swiftwolfe

Song collaboratively composed & women’s voices recorded live, October 2010 at Pine Grove Correctional Centre, SK.
• lead vocals, harmonies and vocables/chanting êkwa ka cistâwêhtâkosihk (leles): all lyricists
• spoken word: Bernice Sanderson
• handdrums and extra vocals: Cheryl L’Hirondelle
• guitars and extra percussion: Gregory Hoskins
• song arranged by Cheryl L’Hirondelle and Gregory Hoskins
• co-produced by Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Gregory Hoskins and David Travers-Smith
• Mixed and mastered by David Travers-Smith, Found Sound, Toronto.

Huge gratitude to:
Judy McNaughton (Artistic Director - Common Weal Community Arts) and Carla Johnson (Teacher Therapist - Pine Grove Correctional Centre).
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