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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[mildred begins playing"move on up a little higher"] ♪ I'm gonna move on upa little higher...

[mildred begins playing
"move on up a little higher"] ♪ I'm gonna move on up
a little higher ♪ ♪ I'm gonna meet
abraham and isaac ♪ ♪ yes ♪ ♪ I'm gonna move on up
a little higher ♪ ♪ I'm gonna meet
the prophet daniel ♪ ♪ oh, I'm gonna move on up
a little higher ♪ ♪ I'm gonna meet
the hebrew children-- ♪ oh, oh, uh-uh-uh-uh!
What you got the light on?

Full Transcript

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[mildred begins playing "move on up a little higher"]
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♪ I'm gonna move on up a little higher ♪
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♪ I'm gonna meet abraham and isaac ♪
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♪ yes ♪
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♪ I'm gonna move on up a little higher ♪
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♪ I'm gonna meet the prophet daniel ♪
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♪ oh, I'm gonna move on up a little higher ♪
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♪ I'm gonna meet the hebrew children-- ♪
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oh, oh, uh-uh-uh-uh! What you got the light on?
Duration
33 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:11
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, music
Production
Rock’n Robin Productions,Lincoln Square Productions,Lifetime,Front Street Pictures

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Movie Summary

The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.
They got you here to watch all the colored folks, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
They got you here to watch all the colored folks,
I know they trying to make you move faster, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
I know they trying to make you move faster,
Now, if you ever feel lost, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
Now, if you ever feel lost,
♪ oh, I'm gonna move on up... ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:15
♪ oh, I'm gonna move on up... ♪
♪ ...A little higher, huh! ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:30
♪ ...A little higher, huh! ♪
[mildred starts to play] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
[mildred starts to play]
Oh, I don't think anyone could keep the job - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Oh, I don't think anyone could keep the job
I've heard about you - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
I've heard about you
Well, I truly don't know what will come of this - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
Well, I truly don't know what will come of this
Nine years ago, I cut my first record and... - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Nine years ago, I cut my first record and...
If you read the liturgy closely, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:12
If you read the liturgy closely,
Most of my thoughts are unlearned, but I, um-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:12
Most of my thoughts are unlearned, but I, um--
Well, clearly, I ain't hard to find, reverend. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Well, clearly, I ain't hard to find, reverend.
[hushed] lord knows, if I wasn't baptized, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
[hushed] lord knows, if I wasn't baptized,
[ladies laughing] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
[ladies laughing]
What--? Wait, uh, uh-- what's that station again? - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
What--? Wait, uh, uh-- what's that station again?
[hangs receiver up] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
[hangs receiver up]
[radio crackles as she tunes into station] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:09
[radio crackles as she tunes into station]
Since I heard this song the other day, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
Since I heard this song the other day,
It's from a woman on the south side - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
It's from a woman on the south side