We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

"cut the head off this snake" (2014)

from "THE FORMATIVE YEARS (2010​-​2014​)​" DDL by abolitionist

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

about

Re-worked, re-recorded version of a song from a digital EP that I self-recorded in 2012 ("Bleeding Kansas"); I was pretty unhappy/dissatisfied with that EP, but I liked this song, so here ya go. Drums by Mike Urbain, bass/vocals by Jeremy Dunlap.

Inspired by John Brown's failed slave revolt at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859 ...

lyrics

Gather up the pikes, son
It's time we head down south
Gather up the men, son
We're going where God can't be found.
Where the devil makes his home.

Down to the armory
We march without a sound
Righteous, but terrified
On this wet October ground.
Gonna be a very cold trip

Never surrender.
Not till every last one is free.
Never surrender to this slavocracy

You are some brave men
You've led hardscrabble lives
But for this righteous cause
You would gladly die
All twenty-five of you
A band of brothers
Both black and white
Down to the armory
Where we'll bring the fight
Let's cut the head off this snake

Never surrender.
Not till every last one is free.
Never surrender to this slavocracy

credits

from "THE FORMATIVE YEARS (2010​-​2014​)​" DDL, released December 18, 2016

license

all rights reserved

tags

If you like abolitionist, you may also like: