Hollis Watkins
I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table
Hollis Watkins is an activist from Mississippi. He is a founder of the Mississippi Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement.
First sung by slaves in the South, this spiritual was later revived and altered by organizers in the Civil Rights Movement. This particular rendition was recorded by Hollis Watkins for Folkways Records.
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table I'm gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days, Hallelujah I'm gonna sit at the welcome table I'm gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days One of these days I'm gonna be a registered a voter I'm gonna be a registered voter one of these days, Hallelujah I'm gonna be a registered voter I'm gonna be a registered voter one of these days I'm gonna tell God on old Massy I'm gonna tell God on old Massy one of these days, Hallelujah I'm gonna tell God on old Massy I'm gonna tell God on old Massy one of these days I'm gonna sit at the welcome table I'm gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days, Hallelujah I'm gonna sit at the welcome table I'm gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days One of these days