Name: oh wanderer- o and Antonio Machado by astro abolitionist
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Description: words of the poet antonio machado set to tune with my voice and small drum. how will you walk on the road?

From Chicago to Gaza, echoing with voices around the world, this is our version of "Ceasefire Now" by Sol Weiss and Ilana Lerman, adapted with new lyrics by Adam Gottlieb.

Sol Weiss writes about the original song on their SoundCloud: "Little Song is a nigun (wordless melody) that is a soft, simple call and response / echo song that has often served as a way to sing out messages or add in words. This version was born when Ilana Lerman was driving to Washington DC to lead a songleader training at an IfNotNow action along with me and a powerful team of many songleaders, where she put the movement's messaging and demands to this tune. Since then, more of us have added words, the song growing every time. This melody is a powerful vehicle for sharing a message and grounding in our hearts. With these words, we hope the song can both be a gentle support to all of us in times of devastation and a strong loud voice in calling out for an end to the war. With our prayers for healing this broken world and bridging the distance between us that can feel so cavernous, for grieving the terror of violence and oppression and a world that makes us believe they are necessary, for finding our way through together — we call for a ceasefire now: protect lives on all sides, end the siege on Gaza."

Take action: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/take-action/#act-now

Adam Gottlieb: vocals, guitar, production 
Vocals: Deborah Adelman, Patrick Baranovskis, Emily Heitzman, Eli Newell, Milo Parker, Aliah Robinson, Leah Shoshanah, RK

Recorded at StarRise studios on Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe land.
Artwork by Maya Kosover with photography by Sarah-Ji Rhee.

Follow Sol Weiss:
Instagram: @sol_weiss_
https://soundcloud.com/sol-yael

Follow Ilana Lerman
Instagram: @pluot_sky
https://soundcloud.com/chupah_tracks

Songs for Ceasefire is a project by a group of musicians, singers, & cultural workers from many faiths & communities working for ceasefire and a free Palestine. We are an emergent volunteer community music collective formed by Jewish and allied activists, singers, and cultural workers in the Palestinian solidarity movement in Chicago. We use music as a tool for bringing people together in the struggle; for healing, prayer, and uplifting spirits; for amplifying  urgent stories, truths, and calls to action; and for strengthening our movement work on the streets and online. We have been regularly gathering, recording, and producing audio and video since November 2023. In February we held our first live event.. You can follow us on Instagram, Soundcloud, and YouTube.

Follow Songs for Ceasefire:
* On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/songsforceasefire/
* On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/songs-for-ceasefire
* On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SongsforCeasefire

Yai dadumbai yo (Yai dadumbai yo)
Ai yadavadai yo (Ai yadavadai yo)
Ai yadavadai yo (Ai yadavadai yo)
Ai yadavadai yo (Ai yadavadai yo)

Ceasefire now (Ceasefire now)
Ceasefire now (Ceasefire now)
Ceasefire now (Ceasefire now)
Ceasefire now (Ceasefire now)

Not in our name (Not in our name)... 

Stop the genocide (Stop the genocide)... 

Let Gaza live (Let Gaza live)... 

Free Palestine (Free Palestine)... 

Ceasefire now (Ceasefire now)... 

If I am not (If I am not)
For myself (For myself)
Then who will be (Then who will be)
For me? (For me?)

But if I am (But if I am)
For me alone (For me alone)
Then what does that (Then what does that)
Make me? (Make me?)

And if not now (And if not now)
Then when (Then when)
Will we declare (Will we declare)
Never again (Never again)

For anyone (For anyone)... 

Ceasefire now (Ceasefire now)... 

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"Ceasefire Now" (Little Song)

Cry together

words of the poet antonio machado set to tune with my voice and small drum. how will you walk on the road?

oh wanderer- o and Antonio Machado

astro abolitionist

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