Lirik dan Chord Lagu Prosser's Gabriel - Tim Barry

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Prosser's Gabriel" dipopulerkan oleh Tim Barry yang rilis di tahun 2010.

Lagu tersebut menjadi trek keempat dari 14 lagu dalam albumnya yang bertajuk 28th & Stonewall.

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Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Prosser's Gabriel" dari Tim Barry:

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Does anyone know the name Gabriel Prosser?

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My conscience says he’s the one that history missed.

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A blacksmith by trade up at Brookfield Plantation,

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A Henrico County slave born of owner Thomas.

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If you listen closely you’ll hear the words perfect,

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The Caribbean uprising caught fire in this land.

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Up and down the James River, Pamunky and Appomattox,

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Tobacco soil gone bad deferred a movement for the blacks.

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Nine years before, down in Santo Domingo,

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Slaves refused to submit and took the right of all men.

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Virginia whites got nervous and hired more militias,

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As blacks inspired, plotted and passed on their plans.

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Mister Prosser’s Gabriel was smart as he was strong,

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A head of keloid scars and a mind of knowing right and wrong.

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Voted general at twenty-four in the year of eighteen-hundred,

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Haunted by the hymns and wailing of his fellow slaves.

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Now does anyone know the name Gabriel Prosser?