What’s the Meaning of Juneteenth?
Tune: I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Songwriter: Lee Stanfield
Gaggle: Tucson
Written: June 14, 2023
Education Government & Politics Holiday & Celebrations Human & Civil Rights Labor & Worker Rights Local Issues
What’s the mean-ing of June-teenth?
It’s a na-tional hol-i-da-ay
to co-mem-o-rate the da-ay
sla-a-aves a-cross Texas were set free-ee-ee-ee!
The da-ay slaves were fin-al-ly set free!
Lin-coln de-clared in eigh-teen sixty three
sla-ver-Y e-man-ci-pa-tion.
But it took Union oc-cu-pa-tion
fo-o-or Tex-as to set its slaves free-ee-ee-ee!
The da-ay slaves were fin-al-ly set free!
June nine-teenth eigh-teen six-ty five
is the day union troops ar-ri-ived
on the is-land of Gal-ves-to-on.
i-i-it’s all part of U S hist‘ree ee-ee-ee!
The da-ay slaves were fin-al-ly set free!
So June-teenth is a cel-e-bra-tion
and a re-mind-er for our na-tion
that there’s still a long way to go
to-o-o achieve ra-cial e-qual-i-tee-ee-ee-ee!
Kee-eep fight-ing for e-qual-i-ty!