We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Mother of Exiles

by Swift Rose

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

about

From Alisa Rose:

“Mother of Exiles” was written in support of immigrants from all lands. I believe America is made great by welcoming all people who want to move here to make a better life. I agree with Emma Lazarus, author of “The New Colossus” that helping the poor and oppressed from all countries (not only European ones) strengthens America, and is indeed the mission of America itself.


The real words from "The New Colossus"

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

All proceeds from the sale of this track go to RAICES, a nonprofit agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees.

The full poem:
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

lyrics

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch,
A mighty woman with a torch
whose flame is imprisoned lightning,
and her name is
Mother of Exiles.

"And I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
And her name is
Mother of Exiles

From her beacon-hand
Glows world welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
And with silent lips...

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to be free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

And my name is Mother of Exiles
Mother of Exiles
Mother of Exiles

credits

released August 16, 2019
Lead vocal and five string violin, Mazz Swift
Vocal, violin, and baritone violin, Alisa Rose
Music by Alisa Rose, words by Emma Lazarus
Recorded and mixed at ZooLabs by Peter Labberton
Mastered by Brad Dollar at ZooLabs

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Swift Rose image

Swift Rose San Francisco, California

Swift Rose is an improvising and composing duo of violinists who transcend genre in search of musical expression and meaning. We are two classically trained violinists turned genre defying fiddlers who seek to explore the expressive qualities of music that can be understood across barriers of artistic and cultural conventions. ... more

contact / help

Contact Swift Rose

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Swift Rose, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now