We are climbing Jacob's ladder - traditional, additional lyrics by Pete Seeger

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 14 September 2006, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

||: WE CLIMB-LADDER J-A-C-O-B DREAM (or WE CLIMB-LADDER LEAD-TO HEAVEN) :||
#ALL-OF-US (<) BROTHER, (>) SISTER.

||: EVERY-DAY WE ADVANCED+. :||
#ALL-OF-US (<) BROTHER, (>) SISTER.

||: WE DANCE LIKE S-A-R-A-H TEACH-us US. :||
#ALL-OF-US (<) SISTER, (>) BROTHER.

||: GENERATION TEACH EACH-OTHER. :||
#ALL-OF-US (<) SISTER, (>) BROTHER.

||: WE CLIMB-LADDER J-A-C-O-B DREAM (or WE CLIMB-LADDER LEAD-TO HEAVEN) :||
#ALL-OF-US (<) BROTHER, (>) SISTER.


Notes: The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

CLIMB-LADDER - Hands mime grabbing onto successive rungs of a ladder.

#ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.

LEAD-TO - LEAD moves up to "Heaven" not straight forward as usual.

ADVANCED+ - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move upwards arcing towards the signer, and then arc up again even higher. For an animated gif of the sign this is based on, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.

Lyrics:

We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
Brothers, sisters, all

Every rung goes higher and higher
Every rung goes higher and higher
Every rung goes higher and higher
Brothers, sisters, all

We are dancing Sarah's circle
We are dancing Sarah's circle
We are dancing Sarah's circle
Sisters, brothers, all

Every round a generation
vEvery round a generation
Every round a generation
Sisters, brothers, all

We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
Brothers, sisters, all

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music (without words), go to We are climbing Jacob's ladder and click on the last link in "(This score available as ABC, SongWright, PostScript, PMW, or a MIDI file)."

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