Gimme Hope Jo'Anna (GP-823)    Michael Steinhorst



OPENER
SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE
WELL JO'ANNA SHE RUNS A COUNTRY
SHE RUNS IN DURBAN AND THE TRANSVAAL
SHE MAKES A FEW OF HER PEOPLE HAPPY, OH
SHE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE REST AT ALL
ALLEMANDE LEFT AND WEAVE THE RING
GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA, GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA
GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA 'FORE THE MORNING COMES
GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA, GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA
HOPE BEFORE THE MORNING COMES

FIGURE
HEADS SQUARE THRU 4 HANDS AROUND THERE
DOSADO THE OUTSIDE TWO
SWING THRU ONE TIME – SPIN THE TOP
BOYS MOVE UP AND DO THE RIGHT AND LEFT THRU
SQUARE THRU GIMME 3 HANDS AROUND THERE
SWING THE CORNER AND YOU ALL PROMENADE
BUT MAYBE PRESSURE CAN MAKE JO'ANNA SEE
HOW EVERYBODY COULD A LIVE AS ONE

BREAK / CLOSER
SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE
GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA, GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA
GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA 'FORE THE MORNING COMES
GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA, GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA
HOPE BEFORE THE MORNING COMES
4 LADIES CHAIN – CHAIN HER BACK
PROMENADE THAT RING
GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA, GIMME HOPE, JO'ANNA
HOPE BEFORE THE MORNING COMES


TAG:
SWING
GIMME HOPE BEFORE THE MORNING COMES



 

Original Artist:            Eddy Grant
Original Album:         Gimme Hope Jo’Anna (1988)
Composer:            Eddy Grant
Writer:                 Eddy Grant
Publisher:            Greenheart Music LTD

 


Well Jo'anna she runs a country
She runs in Durban and the Transvaal
She makes a few of her people happy, oh
She don't care about the rest at all
She's got a system they call apartheid
It keeps a brother in a subjection
But maybe pressure can make Jo'anna see
How everybody could a live as one

Chorus:

Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope, Jo'anna
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
'Fore the morning come
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
Hope, Jo'anna
Hope before the morning come

I hear she makes all the golden money
To buy new weapons, any shape of guns
While every mother in a black Soweto fears
The killing of another son
Sneakin' across all the neighbours' borders
Now and again having little fun
She doesn't care if the fun and games she play
Is dang'rous to ev'ryone


Chorus:

She got supporters in high up places
Who turn their heads to the city sun
Jo'anna give them the fancy money
Oh to tempt anyone who'd come
She even knows how to swing opinion
In every magazine and the journals
For every bad move that this Jo'anna makes
They got a good explanation

Chorus:

Even the preacher who works for Jesus
The Archbishop who's a peaceful man
Together say that the freedom fighters
Will overcome the very strong
I wanna know if you're blind Jo'anna
If you wanna hear the sound of drums
Can't you see that the tide is turning
Oh don't make me wait 'till the morning come

Chorus:


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