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Jeni Hankins & Billy Kemp: Listen & Lyrics

Cecil Roberts' Hand

(Jeni & Billy - Click Title for Lyrics)
May 1, 2010
©2009 Jeni Hankins & Billy Kemp, BMI

for United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts

Send us the fire in Cecil Roberts’ hand
Send us the fire in his hand
Send us the fire in Cecil Roberts’ hand
And a holy union we will stand
Like the rock of ages

Send us the dream of Martin Luther King
Send us the dream of Dr. King
Send us the dream of Martin Luther King
And a holy union we will sing
Like the rock of ages

Send us the peace of Jesus, King of Kings
Send us the peace of The King
Send us the peace of Jesus, King of Kings
And a holy union we will bring
Like the rock of ages

Send us the flowers in Cecil Roberts’ Hand
Send us the flowers in his hand
Send us the flowers in Cecil Roberts’ Hand
For the miner who has left this land

Whose name is on the pages
Where no storm rages
O, the rock of ages