Haddie Massa an' Haddie Missie

DESCRIPTION: The singer asks the free men and women going home to Africa to greet those at home for them. Don't cry on your trip home. Tell your mother we are free.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (Elder-FolksongsFromTobago)
KEYWORDS: farewell parting return travel freedom sea ship slavery Africa nonballad
FOUND IN: West Indies(Tobago)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Elder-FolksongsFromTobago 18, "Haddie Massa an' Haddie Missie" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: ElTo018

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