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Passing Through
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Singer/Songwriter
Passing Through was released on January 1, 1958 by Folkways Records as a part of the album Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry at Carnegie Hall
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1958
LabelFolkways Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM157

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Houston
David Houston
Composer
Richard Blakeslee
Richard Blakeslee
Composer

Lyrics

I saw Adam leave the garden with an apple in his hand
I said, "Now you're out, what are you gonna do?"
"Plant my crops and pray for rain, maybe raise a little cane
I'm an orphan now and only passing through"
Passing through, passing through
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Glad that I ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passing through
I saw Jesus on the cross on that hill called Calvary
"Do you hate mankind for what they done to you?"
He said, "Talk of love, not hate, things to do, it's getting late
I've so little time and I'm just passing through"
Passing through, passing through
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Glad that I ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passing through
I shivered with George Washington one night at Valley Forge
"Why do the soldiers freeze here like they do?"
He said, "Men will suffer, fight, even die for what is right
Even though they know they're only passing through"
Passing through, passing through
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Glad that I ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passing through
I was at Franklin Roosevelt's side just a while before he died
He said, "One world must come out of World War II
Yankee, Russian, white or tan, Lord, a man is just a man
We're all brothers and we're only passing through"
Passing through, passing through
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue
Glad that I ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passing through
Tell the people that you saw me passing through
Written by: Richard Blakeslee
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