EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
||: EVERY ONE LOOK-BACK REMEMBER. (4x) :||
||: LOOK-AT-me SEE MY LIFE IMPROVE (6x) :||
||: USED-TO-BE LOWLY, HE-ctr HELP ADVANCED. (4x) :||
||: LOOK-AT-me SEE MY LIFE IMPROVE (6x) :||
||: USED-TO-BE LOWLY, HE-ctr HELP ADVANCED. (4x) :||
USED-TO-BE THINGS ME DO, REFUSE AGAIN.
USED-TO-BE PLACE ME FREQUENT, REFUSE AGAIN.
USED-TO-BE THINGS ME SAY, REFUSE AGAIN.
USED-TO-BE WAY ME THINK, REFUSE AGAIN.
||: LOOK-AT-me SEE MY LIFE IMPROVE (4x) :||
||: USED-TO-BE LOWLY, HE-ctr HELP ADVANCED. (4x) :||
EVERYONE alt.SAY-#YES. alt.SAY-#YES.
||: LOOK-AT-me SEE MY LIFE IMPROVE (2x) :||
Notes: The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.
LOOK-BACK - (2h)[H or V] are brought back over the shoulder, POs down, FOs back.
LOWLY - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move downwards arcing towards the signer. This is the opposite of the sign ADVANCED. For an animated gif of ADVANCED, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.
HE - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
ADVANCED - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move upwards arcing towards the signer. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.
FREQUENT - [Bb], PO > NDS, FO away, taps on [1], PO > DS, FO up, on thumb side.
alt.SAY-#YES - Both hands alt. perform the following, [Y], PO > face, FO up, approaches face and closes to an [S].
Lyrics:
Everybody just look back (4x)
Look where he brought me from (6x)
He brought me from a mighty long way (4x)
Look where he brought me from (6x)
He brought me from a mighty long way (4x)
Things I used to do I don't do no more
Places I used to go I don't go no more
Things I used to say I don't say no more
Ways I used to think I don't think no more
Look where he brought me from (4x)
He brought me from a mighty long way (4x)
Everybody say yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Look where he brought me from (2x)