Dance Me a Jig

DESCRIPTION: "I'm going up to that freedom land." The slave has fled his master, taking with him a pig and a hog which he has named "Jeff Davis" and "General Lee." The singer's sons are free. She enjoys thinking of his face when he finds that she and the pigs are gone
AUTHOR: Al Wood
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (copyright, according to Silber-SongsOfTheCivilWar)
KEYWORDS: slave freedom animal
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Silber-SongsOfTheCivilWar, pp. 360-362, "Dance Me a Jig" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: SCWF360

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