Dalit Hymn

Caedmon's Call · Share the Well [2004]

sing from the village, sing from the town

(sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/ sing everyone

who has been cast down (sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/

emancipate, emancipate, prime minister, emancipate/

emancipate, emancipate, prime minister, emancipate



sweeping, weaving, tilling the earth

(sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/ show me the man to deny our worth (sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/

free the dalit, free the dalit, prime minister, free the dalit/

free the dalit, free the dalit, prime minister, free the dalit



sub kooch ho sak-ee dey, sub kooch ho sak-ee dey sub kooch ho sak-ee dey/ skin of the buffalo declared unclean

(sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/ through revolution, we'll be redeemed (sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/ heed ambedkar, heed ambedkar, prime minister, heed ambedkar/ heed ambedkar, heed ambedkar, prime minister, heed ambedkar



god made every man forward and free (sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/ rich man, poor man, every man free (sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/ politically, socially, everybody free (sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/ rich man, poor man, everybody free (sub kooch ho sak-ee dey)/ caste is a lie, caste is a lie, prime minister, caste is a lie/ caste is a lie, caste is a lie, prime minister, caste is a lie



emancipate, emancipate, prime minister, emancipate/ free the dalit, free the dalit, prime minister, free the dalit/ heed ambedkar, heed ambedkar, prime minister, heed ambedkar/ cate is a lie, caste is a lie, prime minister, caste is a lie



sub kooch ho sak-ee dey