there are definitely lyrics missing from this and every other lyrics webpage for this song. listen to it right before the part "Oh children weep no more, Oh my sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree". the "oh children weep no more" is the end of a stanza right before the sycamore tree part, and he's definitely not just mumbling before that as one site said, can anyone hear it? one line sounds like "…to the ground" to me but the rest is muddled
@rokdrokd@whecks
I'm looking for clarification on the missing lyrics too. To me, the part about the tree sounds like "Over by Sycamore tree, saw the free country. Jah will settle the score. Oh children weep no more." I've been loving Bob's music for 35 years and can't learn enough about it.
@rokdrokd@whecks
I'm looking for clarification on the missing lyrics too. To me, the part about the tree sounds like "Over by Sycamore tree, saw the free country. Jah will settle the score. Oh children weep no more." I've been loving Bob's music for 35 years and can't learn enough about it.
@rokdrokd Mmm, I honestly think Bob had various lyrics for this track, and in recording he may have shifted between such, sometimes on stage he sings different lyrics to what is recorded.
@rokdrokd Mmm, I honestly think Bob had various lyrics for this track, and in recording he may have shifted between such, sometimes on stage he sings different lyrics to what is recorded.
"sold my(man) freedom 'round the world" - slave trade
"sold man to the ground" - despair of being caught and sold
"sold man take a man pride" - lost of pride
"oh, children, weep no more" - younger ones stop crying
"sold by sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree" - sold by sycamore tree, but analogy to Haile Selassie as a freedom tree.
"saw you settle the score"
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sometimes he says "saw Jah settle the score" or "saw Jah holding alone"
"Oh, children, weep no more" - children stop crying
sometimes he sings
"saw you taking my pride"
"draw up to the ground"
"saw jah settle the score"
"so children weep no more"
"saw you settle the score"
"saw jah holding alone"
Ziggy Marley his son san below
"old man(my) sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree,
stand to settle the score now, oh children weep no more"
sometimes Bob just freestyles it when hes live performing
there are definitely lyrics missing from this and every other lyrics webpage for this song. listen to it right before the part "Oh children weep no more, Oh my sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree". the "oh children weep no more" is the end of a stanza right before the sycamore tree part, and he's definitely not just mumbling before that as one site said, can anyone hear it? one line sounds like "…to the ground" to me but the rest is muddled
@rokdrokd @whecks I'm looking for clarification on the missing lyrics too. To me, the part about the tree sounds like "Over by Sycamore tree, saw the free country. Jah will settle the score. Oh children weep no more." I've been loving Bob's music for 35 years and can't learn enough about it.
@rokdrokd @whecks I'm looking for clarification on the missing lyrics too. To me, the part about the tree sounds like "Over by Sycamore tree, saw the free country. Jah will settle the score. Oh children weep no more." I've been loving Bob's music for 35 years and can't learn enough about it.
@rokdrokd Mmm, I honestly think Bob had various lyrics for this track, and in recording he may have shifted between such, sometimes on stage he sings different lyrics to what is recorded.
@rokdrokd Mmm, I honestly think Bob had various lyrics for this track, and in recording he may have shifted between such, sometimes on stage he sings different lyrics to what is recorded.
"sold my(man) freedom 'round the world" - slave trade "sold man to the ground" - despair of being caught and sold "sold man take a man pride" - lost of pride "oh, children, weep no more" - younger ones stop crying "sold by sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree" - sold by sycamore tree, but analogy to Haile Selassie as a freedom tree. "saw you settle the score"
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sometimes he sings "saw you taking my pride" "draw up to the ground" "saw jah settle the score" "so children weep no more" "saw you settle the score" "saw jah holding alone"
Ziggy Marley his son san below "old man(my) sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree, stand to settle the score now, oh children weep no more"
sometimes Bob just freestyles it when hes live performing