{"id":27631,"date":"2013-06-16T00:21:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=27631"},"modified":"2014-04-02T23:32:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T23:32:58","slug":"q978","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=27631","title":{"rendered":"Q978 Transcript"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transcript prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

To return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.
\nTo read the Tape Summary, click here<\/a>. To listen to MP3, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jones:<\/b> (unintelligible)<\/p>\n

Crowd:<\/b> (unintelligible milling, several children\u2019s voices)<\/p>\n

Jones:<\/b> (unintelligible intro) (tape edit) saying you had some rehearsal for us, so let\u2019s do the first one you did, then the second one again. So everybody join in and listen to her lead\u2013 would you\u2013\u00a0would you lead\u2013 hold the microphone for her, so she can lead and direct, uh, so everyone will raise their voices. Hmm? (Starts to hum)<\/p>\n

(Pause)<\/p>\n

(Songs accompanied by organ)<\/p>\n

(Song 1, performed by unidentified woman)<\/b><\/p>\n

Climbing up the mountain, trying to reach the top
\nAlmost finished my battle
\nGone half-way
\nAnd we just can\u2019t stop
\nJust like the (unintelligible) mountain, (unintelligible)
\nI can see Father standing just to the left
\nI thank Father, I\u2019m reaching for the top<\/p>\n

Climbing up the mountain,
\nWe\u2019re climbing up the mountain
\nWe\u2019re climbing up the mountain
\nWe\u2019re climbing up the mountain
\nWe\u2019re climbing up the mountain
\nTrying to reach the top<\/p>\n

Just like the (unintelligible) mountain, (unintelligible)
\nI can see Father standing just to the left
\nI thank Father, I\u2019m reaching for the top<\/p>\n

Climbing up the mountain,
\nWe\u2019re climbing up the mountain
\nWe\u2019re climbing up the mountain
\nWe\u2019re climbing up the mountain
\nWe\u2019re climbing up the mountain
\nTrying to reach the top<\/p>\n

Just like the (unintelligible) mountain, (unintelligible)
\nI can see Father standing just to the left
\nI thank Father, I\u2019m reaching for the top<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

(Song 2, performed by unidentified woman)<\/b><\/p>\n

We know the way to get to freedom
\nWe know the way to get to freedom
\nStanding at the crossroads, will we know which way to go
\nwhich way to go
\nOn ahead to the left is rocky,
\nPeople travel it now and then
\nThe road to the left is rocky
\nBut there\u2019s a light shining at the end<\/p>\n

We know the way to get to freedom
\nWe know the way to get to freedom
\nStanding at the crossroads, will we know which way to go
\nwhich way to go
\nOn ahead to the left is rocky,
\nPeople travel it now and then
\nThe road to the left is rocky
\nBut there\u2019s a light shining at the end
\nWe know the way to get to freedom
\nWe know the way to get to freedom
\nStanding at the crossroads, will we know which way to go
\nwhich way to go
\nOn ahead to the left is rocky,
\nPeople travel it now and then
\nThe road to the left is rocky
\nBut there\u2019s a light shining at the end<\/p>\n

We know the way to get to freedom
\nWe know the way to get to freedom
\nStanding at the crossroads, will we know which way to go
\nwhich way to go<\/p>\n

(Song 3)<\/b><\/p>\n

(Numerous voices sing song, most words unclear; line near end:)<\/i><\/p>\n

Long live the people, united and free<\/p>\n

(Song 4)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jones:<\/b> (Sings) for what you\u2019ve done\u2013<\/p>\n

(Speaks) Before we sing it one more time, we would like to praise Julie Runnels for her greate\u2013 (Tape edit)<\/p>\n

(Sings) Father Socialism, yes, we thank you<\/p>\n

For what you\u2019ve done\u2013<\/p>\n

(Speaks) If you had breast cancer, you\u2019d be s\u2013 you\u2019d be singing a little louder.<\/p>\n

(Sings) Father, we thank you
\nFather, we thank you
\nFather, we thank you
\nFor what you\u2019ve done for us.<\/p>\n

(Speaks) When we talk about inspections committee. Inspection committee\u2013 (tape edit)<\/p>\n

(Song 5)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jones: <\/b>(sings, unintelligible)<\/p>\n

(Speaks) His love has no limits. That\u2019s the thing to remember. His love has no limits.<\/p>\n

(Sings) House has no boundary, no love is (unintelligible)
\nIn socialism, Father dearest, for he gave us, Father dearest, our (unintelligible)<\/p>\n

(Speaks) I love you very dearly, and would you kiss your neighbor with warmth?<\/p>\n

Tape originally posted March 2009<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Transcript prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you. To return to the Tape Index, click here. To read the Tape Summary, click here. To listen to MP3, click here. Jones: (unintelligible) Crowd: (unintelligible milling, several children\u2019s voices) Jones: (unintelligible intro) (tape edit) saying you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27291,"menu_order":654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27631","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27631"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59750,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27631\/revisions\/59750"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}