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1492

Rise Again:
Freedom
p. 75
Alternate Title: 
Columbus song
First Line: 
In 14 hundred & 92 Columbus sailed the ocean blue

Artist & Tune

Composed by: 
Nancy Schimmel

Version by Sally Rogers

Reference

Genre: 
composed folk US
Topic: 
Native / indigenous issues

About the Song

Print source: 
Sing Out 36:4, I Will Be Your Friend: Songs and Activities for Young Peacemakers (Teaching Tolerance - Southern Poverty Law Center, 2003)

Facebook message from Nancy Schimmel, dated March 22, 2024: If you sing my song "1492" please change "Caribs" to "Taino." I didn't think people would recognize Taino but it's time to assume that they will.

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