Come On Brother Time to Rise

Original language

English

Music and lyrics

Walter J. Kin

Performance

Riglis Band

Walter J. Kin is credited with the music, words and production; Riglis Band performs the recording. The author's description explicitly identifies a new Jewish song inspired by the biblical Exodus. It is not presented as an ancient song preserved from that event or as a translation of a biblical passage.

The scene is a contemporary songwriter's imaginative response to the story.

The first verse places its speakers at work making bricks for Pharaoh. The refrain turns collective suffering into direct address: one person calls to a brother, another offers a hand to a sister. The important movement is from people enduring separately toward people preparing to act together.

The instruction to gather what is needed and leave before dawn gives the imagined scene a threshold. The journey has not yet unfolded. The song concentrates on finding courage and companionship before departure, rather than narrating every episode of Exodus.

References to a promised land belong to that biblical dramatic setting; this article does not treat the lyric as a detailed account of contemporary borders.

The production description names Jewish chanson, folk-pop, doo-wop, klezmer clarinet and gospel harmonies, with a contralto lead and a predominantly female choir. Those are the author's stated musical ingredients. Listen to the response between lead and ensemble: the invitation to rise can become communal in sound as well as in words.

The English recording is the verified version here; a prose explanation in Russian should not be confused with an existing Russian sung adaptation.

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Credits, scene and arrangement are drawn from the author-published description checked on 6 September 2026. Interpretations of the lyric are editorial readings.