Rowan Samuel

Lyrics

Cryin' in the cotton fields
Moanin' in the early mornin' rain
Feel of the whippin' post
And the many years of pain
Now I'm ridin' on a train

Passin' Memphis and Virginia
Harvest moon upon the rise
Times are changin' hear that sound
Freedom chuggin' across the land
Break these chains of the past
Break these chains at last
A long time for freedom
Break these chains at last

By the Lincoln Emancipation
I was freed from the plan
Traveled past the Jim Crow man
And in the West my life began

See her sittin' at the station
Tambourine in her hand
I started singin'
She said "you ain't so bad"
And now I'm playin' in the band

A long time for freedom
Long time to bein' free
A long time for freedom
Long time to be free

Break these chains of the past
Break these chains at last
A long time for freedom
Break these chains at last
Break these chains at last