 | Poems, Original & Selected |  |
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SONG OF THE COFFEE GANG.
See those souls from Africa,
Transported to America;
We are stolen and sold to Georgia,
Will you go along with me.
We are stolen and sold to George,
Go sound the jubilee.
Transported to America;
We are stolen and sold to Georgia,
Will you go along with me.
We are stolen and sold to George,
Go sound the jubilee.
See wives and husbands sold apart,
The children's scream, it breaks my heart;
There's a better day a coming,
Will you go along with me,
There's a better day a coming
Go sound the jubilee.
The children's scream, it breaks my heart;
There's a better day a coming,
Will you go along with me,
There's a better day a coming
Go sound the jubilee.
Oh! gracious Lord, when shall it be
That we poor souls shall all be free;
Lord, break their slavery powers,
Will you go along with me,
Lord, break their slavery powers,
Go sound the jubilee.
That we poor souls shall all be free;
Lord, break their slavery powers,
Will you go along with me,
Lord, break their slavery powers,
Go sound the jubilee.
Dear Lord, dear Lord, when slavery'll cease,
Then we poor souls can have our peace;
There's a better day a coming,
Will you go along with me,
There's a better day a coming,
Go sound the jubilee.
Then we poor souls can have our peace;
There's a better day a coming,
Will you go along with me,
There's a better day a coming,
Go sound the jubilee.
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