Original upload date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Fri, 03 Dec 2021 03:34:45 GMT
A biographical folk song from the early 1980s about former Columbia SDS Vice-Chairman Ted Gold.
(lyrics)
(chorus)
Life is so short
With so many things to do
Patiently Ted Gold talked
And his love for
...
all shone through.
(verses)
Oh, I had a dream one night
Where I saw an old kind friend
For humanity
He died early
Don’t you miss Ted Gold’s wisdom?
He marched when just a child
For the cause of Black people
He passed through school
Broke all their rules
Don’t you miss Ted Gold’s wisdom? (chorus)
When SNCC did need a friend
Alone, Ted Gold did work
From dorm to dorm
And all night long
Ted Gold he got the funds.
He sought no cash reward
And wished to be no star
He taught the young
Turned on for fun
And was faithful to his love. (chorus)
The jets bombed Viet Nam
The ghettos did erupt
Ted Gold he spoke
And gave us hope
That our masters would be crushed.
They could not break his spirit
He fought pigs to his death
He had no price
He sought to do right
And live like Che’s new man. (chorus)
Now many years have passed
And Ted Gold he does now ask:
“Are my brothers free?
How’s the family?
Do my sisters recall the past?”
Yes, I had a dream one night
Where I saw an old kind friend
For humanity
He died early
Don’t you miss Ted Gold’s wisdom?
