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Jericho Road - Joan Baez



     
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I was walkin'
Walkin' down the Jericho road
And every mile that I traveled showed
And I'm walkin' down the Jericho roadBut I just kept on walkin'
Walkin' down the Jericho road
And the sun set red over fields of gold
And I'm walkin' down the Jericho roadWell, Joshua fit the battle, that's how the story goes
The walls come a-tumb-a-lin' down I know
But I'm walkin', walkin' down the Jericho roadI met my mother walkin' down the Jericho road
Tears in her eyes and her head hung low
And she was walkin' down the Jericho roadAnd I met my father walkin' down the Jericho road
His back bent over from a heavy load
And he was walkin' down the Jericho roadI said, "Papa, don't you know me?
Won't you lay your burden down?"
He shook his head and told me, "Son, you better turn around"
He kept on walkin', walkin' down the Jericho roadOoh, walkin' down the Jericho
Ooh, walkin' down the Jericho
Ooh, walkin' down the Jericho, ooh, oohI met my brother

Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road
And his hands were bloody but his face was clean
And he was walkin' down the Jericho roadI met my sister
Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road
With a baby in her arms that I'd never seen
She was walkin' down the Jericho roadShe said, "It's just a little orphan child I found along the way
I'll raise him as my own and he'll forgive us all someday"
Kept on walkin', walkin' down the Jericho roadI met my father
(Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road)
I met my brother
(Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road)I met my sister
(Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road)
I met my mother
(Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road)I said hello sister
(Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road)
I said hello brother
(Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road)I said hello father
(Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road)
I said hello mother
(Walk, walkin' down the Jericho road)

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Joan Baez, born on January 9th, 1941, is an American folk singer and a songwriter who is of mixed Mexican and Scottish descent. Baez rose to prominence in the early '60s with her stunning renditions of traditional balladry.

In the late '60s and early '70s, Baez came into her songwriting own, penning many songs (most notably "Diamonds & Rust," a nostalgic piece about her ill-fated romance with Bob Dylan, and "Sweet Sir Galahad," a song about sister Mimi Fariña's ( of Richard & Mimi Fariña fame) second marriage, and continued to meld her songcraft with topical issues. She was outspoken in her disapproval of the Vietnam war and later the CIA-backed coups in many Latin American countries.

She was also instrumental in the Civil Rights movement, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King on many occassions and being jailed for her beliefs. In 1963, her performance of "We Shall Overcome" at the Lincoln Memorial just prior to Dr. King's famous "I Have A Dream..." speech helped confirm the song as the Civil Rights anthem.

In December 1972, she traveled to Hanoi, North Vietnam, and was caught in that country's "Christmas Campaign," in which the U.S. bombed the city more times than any other during the entire war. While pregnant with her only son, Gabriel, she performed a handful of songs in the middle of the night on day one of the 1969 Woodstock festival. She is considered the "Queen of Folk" for being at the forefront of the 1960s folk revival and inspiring generations of female folksingers that followed. Over fifty years after she first began singing publicly in 1958, Joan Baez continues to tour, demonstrate in favor of human rights and nonviolence, and release albums for a world of devoted fans.

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