Got the news from the whispering trees This is the time when man must be free No more burn in vain All we lose we'll have to gain Get ready, children (3x) Didn't I build the cabin? Didn't I plant the corn? Didn't my people performed Slave to this country? Get ready, children (3x) My sermon it was billed for freedom The good lord said son you're a free man I'm gonna talk that freedom talk Let me see you walk that freedom walk When you get ready, children, please, get ready Children, get ready, I tell you Got the news from a whispering tree This is the time when man must be free No more burn in vain All we lose we'll have to gain Get ready, children (3x) Didn't I build the cabin? Didn't I plant the corn? Didn't my people performed Slave to this country?