I’m not an American citizen.
I don’t have a lot of spare money at the moment.
What I can do is write hymn tunes.
So I’ve written one to this text by Gary Alderson:
1. You ran from oppression,
Crossed the baking sand;
Found your own safety
In an alien land.And Rachel’s still weeping, weeping,
Weeping for her children.2. And you found a haven
In that far off place;
Shielded and welcomed
By a foreign race,And Rachel’s still weeping, weeping,
Weeping for her children.3. Fled here as a stranger;
Ran in hope and fear.
What kind of welcome
Shall this child find here?And Rachel’s still weeping, weeping,
Weeping for her children.4. Now torn from my mother,
Caged in a free land,
Immigrant Jesus,
Come and take my hand.And Rachel’s still weeping, weeping,
Weeping for her children.
It’s available on CPDL and here. CC by-SA as usual. I’ll try to get an underlaid version up by tomorrow morning, too, for people who prefer hymns with the words under the dots.
Robot clarionets:
Me singing:
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