Abraham, Martin & John
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Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham? Can you tell me where he's gone? He freed a lot of people but it seems the good die young I just looked around and he's gone. Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin? Can you tell me where he's gone? He freed a lot of people but it seems the good die young I just looked around and he's gone. Has anybody here seen my old friend John? Can you tell me where he's gone? He freed a lot of people but it seems the good die young I just looked around and he's gone. Didn't you love the things they stood for? Didn't they try to find some good in you and me? And we'll be free Someday soon It's gonna be one day Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me where he's gone? I thought I saw him walking up o'er the hill With Abraham, Martin and John. |
About
Abraham, Martin, and John The song Abraham, Martin and John was written in 1968. Words & Lyrics by: Dion Demucii Arranged by: Richard Holler.
"Abraham, Martin & John" is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler. It is
a tribute to the memories of icons of social change, Abraham Lincoln, Martin
Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written
as a response to the assassinations of King and Robert Kennedy in 1968.
Each of the first three verses features one of the men named in the song's
title. After a bridge, the fourth and final verse mentions Robert Kennedy,
and ends with a verbal image of him walking over a hill with the other three
men.
The original version, recorded by Dion, was an American Top 40 single in
1968. Other famous versions were recorded by Motown's Smokey Robinson &
the Miracles (whose cover also became an American Top 40 single in 1968)
and Marvin Gaye (whose cover became a top-ten hit (#9) in England in 1970).