Haiti-Christy Moore

[00:10.700]Haiti was born The calabash was broken [00:20.500]The waters of the world flowed down the mountain [00:30.700]From the sacred caves came the Mestizo [00:36.710]The island people of the Arawak Taino [00:45.840]In Port-au-Prince the city has fallen [00:55.250]From rubble and dust a voice is calling [01:05.140]Hear the fearful cry of a frightened nation [01:10.660]Carried on the wind from the Caribbean Ocean [01:18.040]O Haiti when I heard your cry I knew that you were broken [01:28.4100]O Haiti you will rise again one day you’ll smile again [01:40.080]My Creole sister [01:50.900]Way back in the time when Skibbereen lay mourning [02:00.690]There came a messenger of love from the Choctaw Nation [02:11.000]Let us fill the ship of love navigate beneath the stars [02:16.300]To the island people on their trail of tears [02:24.010]O Haiti when I heard your cry I knew that you were broken [02:34.370]O Haiti you will rise again one day you’ll smile again [02:45.920]My Creole sister