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YouTube took down the Aretha Franklin version of Lift Every Voice, but there is a version by the Great American soprano Leontyne Price. Price starts singing the song at about 3:30 into the video clip. Ms. Price talks about the White House, an Abraham Lincoln portrait (that hangs in the WH), and performing fo US Presidents.
Life Every Voice & Sing (1st Verse):
Lift every voice and sing,
'Til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on 'til victory is won.
Or, Aretha might sing a standard like Amazing Grace, Nessun Dorma or something..
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M$1
January 15, 2009 10:08 PM
What will Aretha Franklin sing during Barack Obama's inauguration?
I was reading that Yo-Yo Ma would perform an original song by composer John Williams, but I'm not sure what is on tap from the Queen of Soul.
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joyannj
January 15, 2009 10:41 PM
I agree...may not be the 'best' choice of song for an inauguration...
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January 17, 2009 09:13 PM
As fun as some of the other answers are, I would prefer to think she'd sing something more dignified like James Weldon Johnson's "Life Every Voice And Sing" (aka Black National Anthem).YouTube took down the Aretha Franklin version of Lift Every Voice, but there is a version by the Great American soprano Leontyne Price. Price starts singing the song at about 3:30 into the video clip. Ms. Price talks about the White House, an Abraham Lincoln portrait (that hangs in the WH), and performing fo US Presidents.
Life Every Voice & Sing (1st Verse):
Lift every voice and sing,
'Til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on 'til victory is won.
Or, Aretha might sing a standard like Amazing Grace, Nessun Dorma or something..
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January 18, 2009 09:28 PM
All these years and I still can't type. I meant LIFT Every Voice & Sing. Sorry for the typos..
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