John Edmond - The spirit is strong | Текст песни

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• John Edmond
• The spirit is strong

He was just an ailing boy -
Seventeen no more.
Went away to cotton fields
Upon a distant shore.
He was weak but he was strong
In his will and mind.
He was loved by everyone
Each color creed and kind.

Even the people that were picking the cotton
Said, oh, the spirit is strong.
Yes, the people that were picking the cotton
Said, oh, the spirit is strong.

Heard of diamonds in the west
He could see them glow.
Rising shining in his hand -
He knew he had to go.
Jack of spades to king of diamonds,
Born to live the land.
Sweet charisma of his soul
Is the magic of the man.

Even the people that were digging the diamonds
Said, oh, the spirit is strong.
Yes, the people that were digging the diamonds
Said, oh, the spirit is strong.

Then his eyes were turning north,
England in his mind.
Shan't be long to Cairo now
One long railroad line.
There were impis making war,
To stop him they would kill.
Bloody conquer that worth words
And power of his will.

Even the people that were making the war
Said, oh, the spirit is strong.
Yes, the people that were making the war
Said, oh, the spirit is strong.

When the end was near he said:
Take me to my North.
Laid him in a simple grave,
Each stone of marble earth.
He did no want to lie in splendor,
Epitaphs in gold.
Just a lone Matopo hill
Where one can view the world.

Even the people that visit the hill
Say, oh, the spirit is strong.
Yes, the people that visit the hill
Say, oh, the spirit is strong.


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