Lifting As We Climb

• Words & Music: Lea Morris, based on the words of Mary Church Terrell, the first African-American woman to gain a college degree in 1884.

Tune (tenor)
Lift­ing as we climb
Up to that sacred ground, a land that love has found.
Lift­ing as we climb,
We’ve got our foot­ing now, we won’t be turned around
Lift­ing as we climb, not a soul left behind
Hands wide eyes on high we’re lift­ing as we climb.

Bass
Don’t you want to be lift­ed? Up, up, up
Don’t you want to be lift­ed? Up, up, up
Lift your hands, lift your eyes, lift your mind
Join with mine as we climb.

Sop & alto
Lift­ing, lift­ing, sacred ground, love has found
Lift­ing, lift­ing, foot­ing now, turned around
Lift­ing as we climb, not a soul left behind
Hands wide eyes on high as we climb.